Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.

It was this desire for a feeling of importance that led an uneducated, poverty-stricken grocery clerk to study some law books he found in the bottom of a barrel of household plunder that he had bought for fifty cents. You have probably heard of this grocery clerk. His name was Lincoln.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.

Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us to reach a sensible decision.

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.