Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.