The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

What is well done is done soon enough.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.