Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.