Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

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

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.