Coaches should realize that the only way to conquer drudgery is by getting through it as efficiently as they can. A dull job slackly done becomes twice as dull, whereas a dull job performed as efficiently as possible becomes half as dull. Effort appears to be the main art of living.

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

Intellectuals incline to be individualists, or even independents, are not team conscious and tend to regard obedience as a surrender of personality.

The worst thing, I fear, about being no longer young is that one is no longer young.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.