Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.