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

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

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

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.