If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel