Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.