I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
DALE CARNEGIEIt isn’t work that makes you tired, it’s your mental attitude.
More Dale Carnegie Quotes
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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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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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An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, “Things that never happened.”
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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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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You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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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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Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
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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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Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener.
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Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
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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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It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
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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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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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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don’t think so. Don’t condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
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Believe you will be successful and you will.
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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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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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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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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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Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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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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