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.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

The present is never a happy state to any being