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

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.