Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

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…

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.