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…

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.