Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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

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

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.