Charles Schwab: Be friends with everybody. When you have friends you will know there is somebody who will stand by you. You know the old saying, that if you have a single enemy you will find him everywhere. It doesn't pay to make enemies. Lead the life that will make you kind and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.

Material handouts are a poor substitute for love and understanding. People don't need more things—they need more tenderness

transformation is possible for anyone willing to learn and live good values, value people, and collaborate with others to create a positive values culture.

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.

People like people who like them.

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Take interest in others before they take interest in you.

Treat them as if they are important; they will respond according to the way that you perceive them.

Being heard is so close to being loved, that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.

Look at your own quirks, idiosyncrasies, and oddities as a reminder to be more patient with others.

When you want to convert someone to your view, you go over to where he is standing, take him by the hand (mentally speaking), and guide him. You don't stand across the room and shout at him; you don't call him a dummy; you don't order him to come over to where you are. You start where he is, and work from that position. That's the only way to get him to budge.

Psychologist and New York Times best-selling author Phil McGraw states, "I always say that the most important relationship you will ever have is with yourself. You've got to be your own best friend first." How can you be "best friends" with someone you don't know or don't like? You can't. That's why it's so important to find out who you are and work to become someone you like and respect.