Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.