Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

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…

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.