Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.