Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Instead of focusing on big goals,focus on small goals.Small victories always lead to large ones.Swami Vivekanand..

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

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