First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
DALE CARNEGIEWhen we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.
More Dale Carnegie Quotes
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Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
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If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don’t want to be.
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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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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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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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Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.
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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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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
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Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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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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Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
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If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
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