If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

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

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.