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Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.

Dale Carnegie

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
Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
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Improvement Profit Try Yourself
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
One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.
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Attention Interest Oneself People Time Win
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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Argument Avoid Best Way
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
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Encouragement Goodness Listening Talk
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
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Art Essence Happiness Pleasure
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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Blood Enemy Hate Ourselves Power Sleep
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
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Accomplishment Admire People Worry Yourself
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
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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Himself Lonely Person Walk Way World
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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Happiness Thinking Yourself
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.
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Ability Criticism Encouragement
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 about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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Criticism Mistake Person Talk

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