Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Ittakes time to save time.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.