We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

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