Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

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,

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.