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Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

Dale Carnegie

You are something new in this world. Never before, since the beginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again.
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Age Beginning Time World Yourself
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
People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
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Deep Ourselves People Reason
Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
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Afraid Attack Enemy Friendship Praise Yourself
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
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Generosity Karma Life True Yourself
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
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Correct Easy Encouragement Mistake
Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
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Face Fear Yourself
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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Classification Contact Evaluation Way World
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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Happiness Remember Thinking Yourself
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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Frustration Resentment Work Worry
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
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Complaint Control Criticism Fools Forgiveness Understand
Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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Action Happiness Loud Smile Talk Word Yourself
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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Lying Sleep Worry Yourself
It isn’t work that makes you tired, it’s your mental attitude.
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Attitude Mental Tired Work Yourself
Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.
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Follow Goodness Leadership Myself
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

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

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