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...

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.