Wise words

• A paragraph should be like a lady's skirt: long enough to cover the essentials but short enough to keep it interesting.

• Don't ask God to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet.

• A good enemy is a better person than a false friend.

• Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes

• A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

• Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.

• A big tree attracts the woodsman's axe.

o Meaning: Great people will attract great criticism.

o Possible interpretation: The rich make good targets for thieves and burglars.

• Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

• Falling down does not signify failure but staying there does.

• A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

• A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

o Meaning: The strength of any group depends on the individual strength of each of its members.

• A drop of knowledge is greater than an ocean of strength.

• Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

• A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand

• A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

• A half truth is a whole lie.

• A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.

• There are no facts; only interpretations of facts.

• A picture is worth a thousand words.

• Life's battle don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.

• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Interpretations:

o To learn a lesson is a far better reward than to receive a gift.

o It is better to know how to help yourself than to beg from others

• Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.