The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.