If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Luck never mad a mad man wise

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.