You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

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

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

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

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

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.