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

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

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...

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

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.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.