Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

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

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.