Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

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

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore