Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

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

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.