The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.