Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

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

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.