If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Inspiration comes of working every day.

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...

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.