Look your audience straight in the eyes, and begin to talk as if every one of them owed you money.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.

John Wanamaker, founder of the stores that bear his name, once confessed: "I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.