Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

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

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

The property of power is to protect.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.