Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

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