Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

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

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

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

The greatest prayer is patience.