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,

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.