A gem is not

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

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A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
The property of power is to protect.
It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.
Use softwords and hard arguments.
Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.
Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
Malice drinketh its own poison.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.