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...

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

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself