Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

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

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.