Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.