Self-trust is the first secret of success.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

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...

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.