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

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

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

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.