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

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.