Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

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,

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.