Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges