Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

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…

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

As long as there is life there is danger.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.