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It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

Dale Carnegie

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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Condition Feeling Habit Possible Present Yourself
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
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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Friendship Interest People 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
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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Criticism Mistake Person Talk
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
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Action Breed Confidence Doubt Fear
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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Happiness Success Yourself
An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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Action Management Planning Save Time 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
Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone’s face.
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Day Face Forget Interest Joy Smile
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
Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don’t think so. Don’t condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
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People Remember Tolerance Try Understand Wrong
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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Frustration Resentment Work Worry
The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.
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Advantage Competition Individual People Rare Seek World
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
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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Development Encouragement Failure Success
Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
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Improvement Profit Try Yourself
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
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Generosity Karma Life True Yourself
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
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Advice Caution Let Go Yourself
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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Chance Dare Life Man Risk Willing Yourself
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
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Complaint Control Criticism Fools Forgiveness Understand
Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
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Face Fear Yourself
Everyday is a new life to a wise man.
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Day Life Man Wisdom
Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.
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Attitude Cash Enthusiasm Money Sales
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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Argument Avoid Best Way
Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.
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Follow Goodness Leadership Myself
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness – and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
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Condition Control Happiness Listening Seek Thinking World Yourself

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