A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

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

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.