Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

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

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.