A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

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

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.