It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

As a final incentive before giving up a

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.