It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

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

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.