Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Renown and repose do not go together.