When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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

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

What is well done is done soon enough.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.