Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving.

A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

People like people who help them like themselves.

Look your audience straight in the eyes, and begin to talk as if every one of them owed you money.

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us to reach a sensible decision.