Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

No strength within, no respect without.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...