The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

When weblame, we give away our power.