Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.

I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.

There is a reason why the other man thinks and acts as he does. Ferret out that reason — and you have the key to his actions, perhaps to his personality. Try honestly to put yourself in his place.

I wasn't interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.