Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.