Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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,

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

You made your bed, now lie in it.