I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

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

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.