Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

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...

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.