The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.