Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

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

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.