I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

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

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.