It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

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

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

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…

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.