We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

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

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.