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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

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.
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Change Feeling Important Life Person
It isn’t work that makes you tired, it’s your mental attitude.
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Attitude Mental Tired Work Yourself
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
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Happiness Impression Oneself Reason
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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Awake Day Development Enthusiasm Interest Life Yourself
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.
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Ability Criticism Encouragement
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
So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.
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Accomplishment Aspiration Attention Conversation Goodness Listening Person Yourself
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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Happiness Success 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
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
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
People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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Interest People Yourself
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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Acceptance Improvement Preparation Worst Yourself
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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Fun People Rare
Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
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Exception Existence Fear Mindset
People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
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Deep Ourselves People Reason
Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
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Apply Knowledge Power
The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don’t lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.
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Choice Interest Leadership Live World
Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
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Listening Talk Time
It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
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Circumstance Determination Feeling Ourselves Reaction
You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
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Existence Fear Make Up Mindset Yourself
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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Act Behave Enthusiasm Yourself
Don’t ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time
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Himself Important Man Time
If you must make a mistake, make a new one each time.
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Mistake Time 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
Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
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Active Knowledge Learning Mindset Yourself
Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.
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Future Improvement Learning Mistake Progress Yourself

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