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...

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.