- “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.”
- “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.”
- “Don’t be afraid of
enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
- “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.”
- “Any fool can
criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and
self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”
- “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.”
- “Talk to someone
about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.”
- “The difference
between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other
insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is
unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally
condemned.”
- “Actions speak
louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad
to see you.”
- “Personally, I am
very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange
reason, fish prefer worms. So, when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I
wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn’t bait the hook with
strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the
fish and said: “Wouldn’t you like to have that?”
Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?” - “A man convinced
against his will
Is of the same opinion still” - “To be interesting,
be interested.”
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “If You Want to
Gather Honey, Don’t Kick Over the Beehive”
- “Why talk about
what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what
you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of
us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.”
- “All men have
fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death,
but always to victory.”
- “If some people are
so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it,
imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation
this side of insanity.”
- “By fighting you
never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.”
- “Instead of
condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why
they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than
criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. “To know all is to
forgive all.”
- “A barber lathers a
man before he shaves him.”
- “Once I did bad and
that I heard ever. Twice I did good, but that I heard never.”
- “Winning friends
begins with friendliness.”
- “If you argue and
rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an
empty victory because you will never get your opponent’s good will.”
- “Only knowledge
that is used sticks in your mind.”
