The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.

Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.

Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."

Stop worrying and start living.

It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.

History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.

Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy.