The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

When weblame, we give away our power.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.