We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

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

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

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

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.