There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

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…

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.