If we conducted ourselves as sensibly in good times as we do in hard times, we could all acquire a competence.

The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can; to act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us. In the hundred-yard race the winner doesn't cross the tape line a dozen strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches. So we find it in ordinary business life. The big things that come our way are seldom the result of long thought or careful planning, but rather they are the fruit of seed planted in the daily routine of our work.

Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.

Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves.