An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

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

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Our power is in our ability to decide.