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

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Onemust talk little and listen much.