Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

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

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.