This is a hurried age we’re living in. If you’ve got anything to say, say it quickly, get to the point and stop, and give the other man a chance to talk.
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.
When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.
When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.
The only way on Earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.
Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date.
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Make a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you’ve paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he, to some extent, likes you.
So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.
Put a ‘stop-loss’ order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth- and refuse to give it any more.
Advertising. The movies do it. TV does it. Why don’t you do it?
Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a single ripple of appreciative comment.
Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.
It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
Become genuinely interested in other people.
Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.