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.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.

George Bernard Shaw was right. He summed it all up when he said: "The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not." So don't bother to think about it! Spit on your hands and get busy. Your blood will start circulating; your mind will start ticking-and pretty soon this whole positive upsurge of life in your body will drive worry from your mind. Get busy. Keep busy. It's the cheapest kind of medicine there is on this earth-and one of the best.

Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.

Believe that you will succeed, and you will.