Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

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

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.