Nostrength within, no respect without.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.