Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

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

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.