As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

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,

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

A man of courage is also full of faith.