Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

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...

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.