In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

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.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.