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…

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.