One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Ifyou are 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.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.