There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

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...

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

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.