Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Every advantage has its tax

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

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

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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…

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.