What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.