“The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.”

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

If we speak poorly about that which we do well, people will assume we perform poorly!

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

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.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

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.

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.

People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.

The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

What then is the intellectual advantage of civilization over primitive savagery? It is not necessarily that each civilized man has more knowledge but that he requires far less.

Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.

System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.

Take advantage of making things happen NOW, because life is not certain.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.