Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Patience is the art of hoping.

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...

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.