I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest secrets to true peace of mind -- a decent sense of values. We could annihilate 50 percent of all our worries at once if we would develop a sort of private gold standard -- a gold standard of what things are worth to us in terms of our lives.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry

Arouse in the other person an eager want.

People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves.

Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.