Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

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 greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

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

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.