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…

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.