Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

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

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.