Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

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,

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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 greatharmony.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

When weblame, we give away our power.