The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Thereare two sides to every question.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.