Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.