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...

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'