To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

The property of power is to protect.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.