More from Dale Carnegie
if you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
Dale CarnegieDale 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.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie 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.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie 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.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie Everyday is a new life to a wise man.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie 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.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie 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.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Dale CarnegieDale Carnegie
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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More on afraid
Just don’t hold back. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes and stuff.
Kristen StewartKristen Stewart I think what I’ve come to now is, that fear is good; it’s what life is about. You need to be afraid because fear gives you the strength to carry on important tasks.
Kristen StewartKristen Stewart To the heart in you, don’t be afraid to feel. To the sun in you, don’t be afraid to shine. To the love in you, don’t be afraid to heal. To the ocean in you, don’t be afraid to rage. To the silence in you, don’t be afraid to break.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian The depth of your soul cannot be reached by those afraid to swim.
Cailin HargreavesCailin Hargreaves Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.
Ram DassRam Dass All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton
