Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

No strength within, no respect without.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

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