It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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