There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

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

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.