Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

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...

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him