Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
Dale CarnegieWhat is the answer to this fatigue? Relax! Relax! Relax! Learn to relax while you are doing your work!
Dale CarnegieMake a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you've paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he, to some extent, likes you.
Dale CarnegieSuppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was. . . . For it is those things - and only those things - that made him what he was. . . . You deserve very little credit for being what you are - and remember, the people who come to you irritated, bigoted, unreasoning, deserve very little discredit for being what they are.
Dale Carnegie