Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

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...

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Power comes from sincere service

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.