No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Luck never mad a mad man wise