A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

If you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body...." -ABDUL KALAM..