Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Confusion is the main cause of worry

If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends, real friends, are not made that way.

One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?