If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.