Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty