Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.