Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to