To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

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...