Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

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

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.