A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur