A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Talkback 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.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.