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

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

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

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.