Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

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.

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...

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.