Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948) Lincoln the Unknown (1932) and several other books.