Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.

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.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

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

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.