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.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.