Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.