Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

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