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

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

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,

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.