The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

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

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.