I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Talkback 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.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.