Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

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...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

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

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.