Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.