At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

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.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.