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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.

Dale Carnegie

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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Fun People Rare
Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint.
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Deal People Point Success View
Believe you will be successful and you will.
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Believe Success Willing Yourself
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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Happiness Himself Man Old
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
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Generosity Karma Life True Yourself
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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Acceptance Improvement Preparation Worst Yourself
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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Development Encouragement Failure Success
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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Love People Sympathy Thirst Yourself
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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Happiness Remember Thinking Yourself
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
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Happiness Impression Oneself Reason
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 most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence, and makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool.
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Fools Important Intelligence Life Man Profit Simplicity
Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
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Apply Knowledge Power
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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Accomplishment Aspiration Attention Conversation Goodness Listening Person Yourself
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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Classification Contact Evaluation Way World
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

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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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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