Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

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

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Those who trust us educate us.