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"Whenever Roosevelt (Theodore) expected a visitor, he sat up late the night before, reading up on the subject in which he knew his guest was particularly interested. For Roosevelt knew, all the leaders royal road to a person's heart is to talk about the things he or she treasures most."
"Patience and perserverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong."
"Your smile is a messenger of your goodwill."
"We move toward what we picture in our minds."
"Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still."
"criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment."
"Create happiness for others."
"John Wanamaker, founder of the stores that bear his name, once confessed: "I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence."
"You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life."
"...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you."
"Try leaving a trail of little sparks of gratitude on your daily trips. You will be surprised how they will set small flames of friendship that will be rose beacons on your next visit."
"In order to make friends you must first be friendly"
"There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it."
"'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says, 'I 'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance.' Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of self-pity ."
"People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves."
"Encouragement makes a fault easy to correct, and a challenge easy to take on."
"All art is autobiographical. You can only create what you are."
"In fact, merely writing the facts on a piece of paper and stating our problem clearly goes a long way toward helping us to reach a sensible decision."
"People support a world they helped create."
"We talk a lot about the importance of physical exercise to wake us up out of the half sleep in which so many of us walk around. But we need, even more, some spiritual and mental exercises every morning to stir us into action. Give yourself a pep talk every day."