Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.