Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

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

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.