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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage.
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does read more
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.