Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.