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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Dale Carnegie

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
Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.
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Love People Sympathy Thirst Yourself
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
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Advice Caution Let Go Yourself
Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.
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Action Attention Observation Watch Word Yourself
The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.
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Destination Journey Man Path Start
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
DALE CARNEGIE

Complaint Control Criticism Fools Forgiveness Understand
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
Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
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Cherish Forget Kind Life Time Word Yourself
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
Don’t ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time
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Himself Important Man Time
90% of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.
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Communication Management Problem
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Art Essence Happiness Pleasure
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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Empathy Quick Wrong
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
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Blood Enemy Hate Ourselves Power Sleep
Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.
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Follow Goodness Leadership Myself
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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Happiness Success Yourself

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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