If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

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

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.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.