Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.