True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

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…

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.