Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

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.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

Create accomplishment from disappointments. Demoralization and disappointment are two of the surest going stones to achievement.