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.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.