Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

To be preparedis half the victory.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

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,

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.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?