Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

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…

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.