Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!