The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.