A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

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.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.