Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.�

If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.

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

Winning friends begins with friendliness.

Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the writing of fiction. Criticism drove Thomas Chatterton, the English poet, to suicide. . . . Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

I tend to think shorts are too casual That's just not businesslike.