If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.