Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

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.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

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.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

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.