If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

A room without books is a body without soul

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.