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.
DALE CARNEGIETake charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
More Dale Carnegie Quotes
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If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
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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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Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
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Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
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The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.
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Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
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Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
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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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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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Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance
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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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