It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness."

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A father can only ride beside the bicycle or stand yelling directions while the child falls. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom.

It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone; it's a question of who's going to start building with it.

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.