You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Stability is not immobility