Negotiation Quotes

• Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Peace, Fear

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.

  Nelson Mandela

  Taught Us, Profound, Challenges

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.250, Pan Macmillan

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• One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

  Dean Rusk

  Listening Ear, Ears, Way

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• By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.

  Dale Carnegie

  Fighting, Enough, Expected

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.120, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

  Jacob Lew

  Want, Opponents, Figures

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• Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

  Lance Morrow

  Inspirational, Silence, Goes On

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• Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.

  Victor Kiam

  Weapons, Information

  Victor Kiam (1987). “Going for It: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur”, Signet

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• The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.

  Ernest Bevin

  Business, Firsts, Walks

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• The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal

  Paul Gauguin

  Powerful, Winning, Tools

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• If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspiring, Success, Baseball

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• True negotiation takes place when each side respects the other, and their point of view, and enters into the discussion positively. If you are determined that your solution, and your particular solution only, is the correct one - to be imposed on the other side if necessary - that is not negotiation; it is dictatorship

  Tony Buzan

  Views, Sides, Determined

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• Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

  Nelson Mandela

  Peace, Agreement, Development

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.251, Pan Macmillan

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• The better you are at communicating, negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Rejection, Life Is, Easier

  Twitter post from Jul 15, 2015

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• A negotiator should observe everything. You must be part Sherlock Holmes, part Sigmund Freud.

  Victor Kiam

  Inspirational, Holmes, Should

  Victor Kiam (1987). “Going for it!: how to succeed as an entrepreneur”

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• Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.

  Carrie Fisher

  Easy

  "What I've Learned: Carrie Fisher". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another
  negotiation .

  Leigh Steinberg

  Business, Certain

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• Know everything about the companies and people you are going to be negotiating with. Insist on getting the names of everyone participating in the negotiations. Leave no stone unturned; find out as much as you can.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Names, People, Stones

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• No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

  Nelson Mandela

  Party, Overcoming, Violence

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.251, Pan Macmillan

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• The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

  Stan Musial

  Past, Principles, Firsts

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Honesty, Future

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• The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts.

  Howard Baker

  Inspirational, Facts, Emotion

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• No issue can be negotiated unless you first have the clout to compel negotiation.

  Saul Alinsky

  Issues, Firsts, Clout

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• There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Two, Way, Violence

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• Necessity never made a good bargain.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, 4th Of July, Honor

  Poor Richard's Almanack, Apr. 1735

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• If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Conflict, Resolution, Diplomacy

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