you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.