A quarrel is like buttermilk: once it''s out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.
No body''sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It''s hardto stay on top.
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.
When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
Different fields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.
Whenyou lose, don''t lose the lesson.
Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon''t come out while you''re watching.
Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.
Unresolved: A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.
All thingsat first appear difficult.
Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.
If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I''d spend the first hour sharpening theax.
Adversityis the foundation of virtue.
The hardest step is over the threshold.
Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.
A good preparation takes longer than the delivery.
It''s notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.
Use softwords and hard arguments.
We learn little from victory, much from defeat.
Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.
The will to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
There are no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.
Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.
Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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