Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.