Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation. You and I may soon forger the words of encouragement and appreciation that we utter now, but the person to whom we have spoken them may treasure them and repeat them to themselves over a lifetime

criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.

Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars...or your two legs...or your hands...or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them.

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

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