A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Power comes from sincere service

Our errors are steps on the way.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.