Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

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.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.