As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

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

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

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