Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

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,

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.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

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

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.