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

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.