Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.