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

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

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.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Those who trust us educate us.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.