The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

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

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and