Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

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

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.