Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The property of power is to protect.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.