Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

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

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.