A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

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

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.