A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

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

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.