Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.