What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.