If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

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...

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

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.