Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.