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…

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.