A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

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

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

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

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.