Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

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...

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.