Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.