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...

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM