My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.�� They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Suspicion begets suspicion.