Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Well done is better than well said.

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...

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.