Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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,

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.