Not everyone has a quote they live by. If you do, I want to know it. The more unique the better.

I was lucky enough to chance across mine a few days ago in Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends & Influence People. I wrote it on a business card and carried it around with me until it was burned into my brain:

I will speak ill of no man … and all the good I know of everybody – Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin was a true master of diplomacy; those looking to succeed should take heed of his words.