Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!