Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

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

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A bad workman never gets a good tool.