When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.
People do things for "their" reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
The value of a smile... It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its benefits. It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."
Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. To someone who has seen a dozen people frown, scowl or turn their faces away, your smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds.
An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.
Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener
Fear is the result of a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence is the result of not knowing what you can do. A lack of knowing what you can do is caused by a lack of experience. A lack of experience is caused by a lack of doing something new.
The only way on Earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.
Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.
If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
Don't ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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