Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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…

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.