If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.