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

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.