Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.