I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

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

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...