Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.