The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

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...

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

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

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.