Nostrength within, no respect without.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

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.