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An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, “Things that never happened.”

Dale Carnegie

Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
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Change Ideas Mindset Open Opinion Progress Yourself
If you must make a mistake, make a new one each time.
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Mistake Time Yourself
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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Empathy Quick Wrong
Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. To someone who has seen a dozen people frown, scowl or turn their faces away, your smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds.
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Break Face Live See Smile Sun Yourself
Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.
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Listening Talk Time
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
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
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Encouragement Goodness Listening Talk
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
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
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Accomplishment Hope Important World
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Art Essence Happiness Pleasure
If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Busy Fear Home Thinking 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
Let’s never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let’s do as General Eisenhower does: let’s never waste a minute thinking about people we don’t like.
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Enemy Hurt Ourselves Time Try Wasted Time
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.
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Believe Hold Work Yourself
Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
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Believe Bored Death Heart Life Live Work 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

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