Ten Rules Of Living
- Keep skid chains on your tongue, always say less than you think.
- Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully no matter what it costs you.
- Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind and encouraging thing to or about somebody. Praise good work done regardless of who did it.
- Be interested in others, interested in their pursuits, their welfare, their homes and their families. Let everyone you meet, however humble, feel that you regard them as a person of importance.
- Be cheerful. Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Hide your pains, worries, and disappointments under a pleasant smile.
- Preserve an open mind on all debatable questions. Discuss, but don't argue. It is the mark of superior minds to disagree and yet be friendly.
- Let your virtues, if you have any, speak for themselves and refuse to talk of another's vices. Discourage gossip. Make it a rule to say nothing of another unless it is something good.
- Be careful of others' feelings. Wit and humor at the other fellow's expense are rarely worth the effort and may hurt where least expected.
- Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about you; simply live so that nobody will believe them.
- Don't be too anxious about getting your just dues. Do your work, be patient, keep your disposition sweet, forget self, and you will be respected and rewarded.