A fast way to demolish relationships, shatter credibility and disrespect yourself is by not following through when you say you are going to do something.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

It is none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg crackles as if she had laid an asteroid.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the door.

It is frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

Either you will control your government, or government will control you.

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.