Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.

If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge in a little stinging criticism - no matter how certain we are that it is justified.

When we are not engaged in thinking about some definite problem, we usually spend about 95 percent of our time thinking about ourselves. Now, if we stop thinking about ourselves for a while and begin to think of the other person's good points, we won't have to resort to flattery so cheap and false that it can be spotted almost before it is out of the mouth.

arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.

If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Happiness is within you. It comes from doing some certain thing into which you can put all your thought and energy. If you want to be happy, get enthusiastic about something.

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

An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."