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

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.