Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.