People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Ittakes time to save time.

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.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

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

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.