Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.