Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules, whose would you use?
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.