In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.