A danger forseen is half avoided.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

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.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.