Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

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

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer