Patience is the art of hoping.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

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…

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.