A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.