If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

Don't ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time

We can't win friends with a scowling face and an upbraiding voice.

You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing

I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.

If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge in a little stinging criticism - no matter how certain we are that it is justified.