Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.