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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

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
Believe you will be successful and you will.
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Believe Success Willing Yourself
People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
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Deep Ourselves People Reason
Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
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Change Ideas Mindset Open Opinion Progress Yourself
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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Act Behave Enthusiasm 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
Try honest to see things from the other person’s point of view.
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Honesty Person Point See Try View
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Art Essence Happiness Pleasure
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
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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Chance Debate Listening Resistance Talk Understand
People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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Interest People Yourself
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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Achievement Success Yourself
The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.
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Destination Journey Man Path Start
When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.
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Acceptance Lose Worst Yourself
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
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

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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