Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.