Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Thereare two sides to every question.