Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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,

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.