If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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

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

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

People say law but they mean wealth.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.