Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.