If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

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…

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.