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...

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Instead of focusing on big goals,focus on small goals.Small victories always lead to large ones.Swami Vivekanand..

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.