The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

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

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.