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

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

If you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body...." -ABDUL KALAM..

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

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

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.