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.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.

If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.

In talking with people, don't begin by discussing the things on which you differ. Begin by emphasizing - and keep on emphasizing - the things on which you agree. Keep emphasizing, if possible, that you are both striving for the same end and that your only difference is one of method and not of purpose.