Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

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...

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.