Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.