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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.