Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.

He who treads softly goes far.

John Wanamaker, founder of the stores that bear his name, once confessed: "I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

People like people who help them like themselves.

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.