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Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Dale Carnegie

Don’t ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time
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Himself Important Man Time
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
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Conquer Discover Fear Quick
Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone’s face.
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Day Face Forget Interest Joy Smile
If we speak poorly about that which we do well, people will assume we perform poorly!
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Action Assumption Ourselves Poor Talk
An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, “Things that never happened.”
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Happiness Himself Man Old
If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don’t want to be.
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Engagement Person Process Yourself
Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
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Listening Talk Time
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.
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Ability Criticism Encouragement
if you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!
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Happiness Share Yourself
When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.
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Acceptance Lose Worst Yourself
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness – and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
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Condition Control Happiness Listening Seek Thinking World Yourself
People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
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Deep Ourselves People Reason
Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
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Change Ideas Mindset Open Opinion Progress Yourself
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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Frustration Resentment Work Worry
The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.
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Advantage Competition Individual People Rare Seek World
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
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Accomplishment Admire People Worry Yourself
Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.
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Chance Debate Listening Resistance Talk Understand
The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.
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Afraid Decision Defeat Fear Forget Hard Work Way
Believe you will be successful and you will.
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Believe Success Willing Yourself
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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Criticism Mistake Person Talk
Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
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Attitude Charge Choice Yourself
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Different Himself Man Profit Success Way
Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
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Criticism Dangerous Hurt Important Person Pride
The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence, and makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool.
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Fools Important Intelligence Life Man Profit Simplicity
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
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Generosity Karma Life True Yourself
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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Act Behave Enthusiasm Yourself
I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
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Blessing Irritation Moments Posession Worry

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