you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.