Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.