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

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

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

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.