In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

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

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di