Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

The comforter's head never aches.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it