All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

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...

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.