By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.
You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It’s easy.
Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer.
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
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.
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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.
You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
You can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.
All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.
