Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

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

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

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

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.