Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Genius is a long impatience.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

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

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

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