Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy.

There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.

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

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .