Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…