In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

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…

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.