The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.