We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was. . . . For it is those things - and only those things - that made him what he was. . . . You deserve very little credit for being what you are - and remember, the people who come to you irritated, bigoted, unreasoning, deserve very little discredit for being what they are.

In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us to reach a sensible decision.

He who treads softly goes far.

Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.

Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter?