Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.