A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

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

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.