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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

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
If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.
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Compassionate Forget Kindness Remember 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
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.
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Believe Hold Work Yourself
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
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Correct Easy Encouragement Mistake
Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
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Face Fear Yourself
Take a chance! All life is a chance
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Chance Life One Liner
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
Arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.
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Himself Lonely Person Walk Way World
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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Creature Deal Emotion Logic People Yourself
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
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
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Art Essence Happiness Pleasure
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
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
Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener.
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Goodness Listening Persuation
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
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Encouragement Goodness Listening Talk
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .
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Deep Happiness Person Praise Seek
The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don’t lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.
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Choice Interest Leadership Live World
Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.
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Follow Goodness Leadership Myself
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
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
Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.
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Action Attention Observation Watch Word Yourself
It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
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Circumstance Determination Feeling Ourselves Reaction
Try honest to see things from the other person’s point of view.
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Honesty Person Point See Try View
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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Act Behave Enthusiasm Yourself
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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