Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.