"Some people strengthen others just by being the kind of people they are." ---John M. Gardener

"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:

and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding."

"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding."

There is another version of this quote (though the actual source has been attributed to Mark Twain, Confucius, Abraham Lincoln, and many others...click here for someone else's description of what happens when you try to research the other version of this quote's origin.)  The other quote that happens to be one of my husband's favorites is:

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are a fool than to open it and prove that you are a fool!"

"Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys."  Author Unknown