The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

To beprepared is half the victory.