Given afair wind,

Given afair wind,
Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.
  

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Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.
Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.
Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.
Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.
The wise man reads both books and life itself.
Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.