1. It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

2. Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

3. 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.

4. Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

5. When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.

6. Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.

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

8. To be interesting, be interested.

9. I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it. Avoid it as you would avoid rattlesnakes and earthquakes.

10. All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.

11. Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.