All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

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.