Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.