A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

To teach isto learn twice.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.