The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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,

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

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

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.