Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

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

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.