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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A room without books is a body without soul

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.