Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

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

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.