Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.