Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

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

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.