Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

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

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

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...

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.