If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

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

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.