It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you’re doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think of it. Two people may in the same place doing the same thing, and yet one may be miserable and the other happy. Why? Because of a different mental attitude.

When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be." Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.

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

People do things for "their" reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.