It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

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…

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.