Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

When it comes to worry, our problem is we fear an invisible future that a timeless God has seen. Perhaps you should talk to Him about it.

To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader."- Capt. Bligh(ret.)

I will play out the string. I will not betray your trust. I will find you.

The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to everyday think what can be done better tomorrow. Stay hungry.

Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK.

...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

I have gone into yesterday and tomorrow and both were as real as today -- which is like the dreams of ghosts!

Define the limits of your vision: Having this, you will not be poorer Than a man who rules a dukedom.

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?