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…

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.