Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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…

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.