Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

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

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.