A language is like living skin itself.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

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

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.