God made time, but man made haste.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

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 most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

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.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.