An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.