Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

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.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

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

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.