If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm.
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.