Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Our mental attitude is the x factor that determines our fate.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

The resentment that criticism engenders can demoralize employees, family members and friends, and still not correct the situation that has been condemned.

One of the worst features about worrying is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. When we worry, our minds jump here and there and everywhere, and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminate all those vague imaginings and put ourselves in a position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem.

The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.

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.