Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.