We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

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.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol