It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

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...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Better hazard than always be in fear.