Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

To beprepared is half the victory.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

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

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.