Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

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

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Compromise.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.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.