The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

An argument would have begun to steam and boil and sputter - and you know how arguments end. Even if I had convinced him that he was wrong, his pride would have made it difficult for him to back down and give in.

I wasn't interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.