A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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

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

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.