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

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.