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…

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Our distrust is very expensive.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.