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Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.

Hans Selye

To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.
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Goal Health Proud Purpose Respect Work
Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
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Achievement Defeat Failure Greatness Past Yourself
Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.
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Being Reason Result Stress
Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body’s resistance.
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Ability Body Dangerous Man Resistance
To be totally without stress is to be dead.
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Death Stress
Gratitude is the most important of all human emotions.
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Emotion Gratitude Human Important
My advice to any young person at the beginning of their career is to try to look for the mere outlines of big things with their fresh, untrained and unprejudiced mind.
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Advice Beginning Career Mindset Person Prejudice Young
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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Adopt Attitude Negative Oneself Positive Right Stress
Stress is the spice of life.
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Life Spice Stress
The healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.
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Emotion Gratitude Health Human
The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.
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Best Build Drive Necessary Race
Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
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Kill Ourselves Reaction Stress
To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.
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Dreams Greatness Inspirational True Yourself
The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.
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Basic Element Herself Research Smile
Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.
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Conscious Erase Oneself Pleasant
Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
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Old Organism Play Scars Stress Survive

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