We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and