Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

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

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.