Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

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

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

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