When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

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

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

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…

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.