There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

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

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.