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.

The property of power is to protect.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.