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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

No strength within, no respect without.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

To beprepared is half the victory.

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.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

He understands badly who listens badly.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.