Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

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