Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

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

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

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.