Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Renown and repose do not go together.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

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

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.