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…

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

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

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.