Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.

Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.

As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.

We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.