In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.