Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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...

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.