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

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes