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…

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.