Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.