Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.