Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

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

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.