If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Talk back 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.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.