An argument would have begun to steam and boil and sputter - and you know how arguments end. Even if I had convinced him that he was wrong, his pride would have made it difficult for him to back down and give in.

The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.

Our thoughts make us what we are.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.