A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.