Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

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.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

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

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

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