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"My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people."

Money is God in manifestation, as freedom from want and limitation, but it must be always kept in circulation and put
to right uses. Hoarding and saving react with grim vengeance.
This does not mean that man should not have houses and lots, stocks and bonds, for "the barns of the righteous man shall be full." It means man should not hoard even the principal, if an occasion arises, when money is necessary. In letting it go out fearlessly and cheerfully he opens the way for more to come in, for God is man's unfailing and inexhaustible supply.

“As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”

“I will speak ill of no man,” he said, “. . . and speak all the good I know of everybody.”

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain—and most fools do.
But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
“A great man shows his greatness,” said Carlyle, “by the way he treats little men.”

PRINCIPLE 1
Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.

FATHER FORGETS
W. Livingston Larned

Let’s realise that criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home. Let’s realise that the person we are going to correct and condemn will probably justify himself or herself, and condemn us in return; or, like the gentle Taft, will say: ‘I don’t see how I could have done any differently from what I have.’

When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

If out of reading this book you get just one thing – an increased tendency to think always in terms of other people’s point of view, and see things from their angle – if you get that one thing out of this book, it may easily prove to be one of the building blocks of your career.