We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.