It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in order to appear great ... such ... are often the expedients of the neurotic.

Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

You can be healed of depression if every day you begin the first thing in the morning to consider how you will bring a real joy to someone else.

It is very obvious that we are not influenced by "facts" but by our interpretation of the facts.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

Life is just the same as learning to swim. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!

To see with the eyes of another, to hear with the ears of another, to feel with the heart of another. For the time being, this seems to me an admissible definition of what we call social feeling.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure...There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions.

When you understand the mechanincs of stress and master the techniques to manipulate someone's fears and dreams, you will be powerful.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Everything is instincts when returning kicks.

When leaders behave consistently with the expectations of customers, they are doing things inside their organization that deliver value outside.

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Every time truth comes we hate it, because it's coming against our ego. Are you going to let the ego come between you and this person you love?

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.