If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will 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

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.