Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

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

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

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

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.