The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

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...

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

A half truth is a whole lie.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.