He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

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…

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.