Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

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

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.