Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.