Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The greatest prayer is patience.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Power comes from sincere service

Only the educated are free.