Step after step the ladder is ascended

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

When weblame, we give away our power.