Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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…

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Nevercut what you can untie.