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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

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
Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.
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Attitude Charge Choice Yourself
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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Empathy Quick Wrong
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
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
It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
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Circumstance Determination Feeling Ourselves Reaction
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
Take a chance! All life is a chance
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Chance Life One Liner
An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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Action Management Planning Save Time Yourself
Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Afraid Best Care Job Small
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Art Essence Happiness Pleasure
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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Creature Deal Emotion Logic People Yourself
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
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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Condition Feeling Habit Possible Present Yourself
One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.
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Attention Interest Oneself People Time Win
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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Development Encouragement Failure Success

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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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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