Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.