Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

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

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

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

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

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