Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

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

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.