One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they already have done a good pruning job.

Placing the blame is a bad habit, but taking the blame is a sure builder of character

Patience is never more important than when you are at the edge of losing it.

Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized.

Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.