A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

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

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.