Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

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…

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

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.