In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

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

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They