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

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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…