A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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...

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.