If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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...

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.