Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.