Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

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

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

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

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.