Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Talk back 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.

Our errors are steps on the way.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.