Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

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

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.