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

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.