Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.