Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.