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

In short, we lose the freshness and spontaneity of true conversation. These are areas in which everyone interested in self-improvement will seek to improve.

The trouble with most of us is that we keep our eyes closed to opportunities that thrust themselves at us; and rare is the man who searches for his opportunity or sees one even when he stumbles over it.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.