The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.