1. Thou Shalt Love People, Not Just Use Them (Mt. 22:39). The greatest thing in the world is a person. The greatest thing about a person is his motives, and the greatest motive is love.
2. Thou Shalt Develop Thy Understanding (Mt. 7:12; 1 Pet. 3:6). “If every man’s care were written on his brow, how many would our pity share, who bear our envy now?”
3. Thou Shalt Compliment More Than Criticize (I Pet. 3:10; Rm. 14:19). We should cover our neighbor’s fault with a cloak of charity: we may need a circus tent to cover our own.
4. Thou Shalt Not Often Get Angry (Eph. 4:26). If we are right, we don’t need to. If we are wrong, we can’t afford to.
5. Thou Shalt Not Argue (Eph. 4:32). It’s no use to win the argument and lose the relationship. Beware of the attitude which says: “In matters controversial, my attitude is fine. I always see two points of view—the one that’s wrong and mine.”
6. Thou Shalt Be Kind (1 Cor. 13:4). Be kind to people you meet on the way up; they are the ones you meet on the way down. It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.
7. Thou Shalt Have a Sense of Humor (Provo 17:22). A sense of humor is to a man what springs are to a wagon; it saves him lots of jolts.
8. Thou Shalt Smile (cf. Ecc. 3:4) . No man is ever fully dressed until he has a smile on his face. Powder your face with sunshine, Put on a great big smile.
Make up your eyes with laughter,
Folks will be laughing with you in a little while.
Whistle a tune of gladness,
Gloom never was worthwhile.
The future’s brighter when hearts are lighter,
So. smile. smile. smile.
9. Thou Shalt Practice What Thou Preachest (Rm. 2:21). One example is worth one thousand arguments.
10. Thou shalt go to school under the Headmaster of the Universe (Jn- 14:6). He is the Master of Men, the Secretary of Human Relations—namely, Jesus Christ. He is the greatest leader the world has ever known.
