A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

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...

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.