Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Use softwords and hard arguments.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Inspiration comes of working every day.