Opportunists take now for an answer.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.