Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

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...