Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

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

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

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