The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

The comforter's head never aches.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

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…

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?