Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Compromise,n. 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.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.