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...

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

The greatest prayer is patience.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him