Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.