Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

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

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