Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

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

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.