Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.