Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.