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...

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.