Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.