Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?

Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.

arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

I want you to think of your life as an hourglass. You know there are thousands of grains of sand in the top of the hourglass; and they all pass slowly and evenly through the narrow neck in the middle. Nothing you or I could do would make more than one grain of sand pass through this narrow neck without impairing the hourglass. You and I and everyone else are like this hourglass.

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

I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?