Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.

The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.

No one likes to feel that he or she is being sold some-thing or told to do a thing. We much prefer to feel that we are buying of our own accord or acting on our own ideas. We like to be consulted about our wishes, our wants, our thoughts.

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?