Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

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

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.