To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the onlooking world consent to it is a finer. - Mark Twain

It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.