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Coercive power is the curse of the universe; coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top ups.

The test of being a good host is how well the departing guest likes himself.

If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightning.

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.

Your wits make others witty.

There is only one way...to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

The moment somebody says to me, "This is very risky," is the moment it becomes attractive to me.

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.