Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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