The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

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...

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

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

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.