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…

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought