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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.

Dale Carnegie

Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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Criticism Mistake Person Talk
Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
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Exception Existence Fear Mindset
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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Enemy Hurt Ourselves Time Try Wasted Time
Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.
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Ability Criticism Encouragement
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
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
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
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Advice Caution Let Go Yourself
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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Act Behave Enthusiasm Yourself
Everyday is a new life to a wise man.
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Day Life Man Wisdom
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
Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.
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Follow Goodness Leadership Myself
Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
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Improvement Profit Try Yourself
Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
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Cherish Forget Kind Life Time Word Yourself
Take a chance! All life is a chance
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Chance Life One Liner
People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
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Deep Ourselves People Reason
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
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
Believe you will be successful and you will.
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Believe Success Willing Yourself
Don’t ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time
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Himself Important Man Time
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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Existence Fear Make Up Mindset Yourself
Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.
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Action Attention Observation Watch Word Yourself
If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.
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Development Help Interest Mindset People Principle
Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint.
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Deal People Point Success View
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
People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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Interest People Yourself
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Art Essence Happiness Pleasure
I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
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Blessing Irritation Moments Posession Worry

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