Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

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

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.