The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.
Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
People do things for "their" reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Remember that unjust critisism is often a disquised compliment.
Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.