When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Habit: the shackles of the free

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.