The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.