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.
DALE CARNEGIEFeeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
More Dale Carnegie Quotes
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if you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!
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Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone’s face.
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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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Don’t ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time
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Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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Arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.
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An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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Believe you will be successful and you will.
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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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If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don’t lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.
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The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.
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