Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.