Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.