No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.