What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

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…

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

The comforter's head never aches.

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.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.