Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you’re doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think of it. Two people may in the same place doing the same thing, and yet one may be miserable and the other happy. Why? Because of a different mental attitude.

Suppose 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.

Winning friends begins with friendliness.

We move toward what we picture in our minds.

Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.