A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

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

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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