Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.