Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the