A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Power comes from sincere service

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

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