Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

To beprepared is half the victory.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

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…