I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.