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Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."
I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.
criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.
Seventy per cent of all patients who come to physicians could cure themselves if they got rid of their fears and worries.
Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.
When you're afraid keep your mind on what you have to do. And if you have been thoroughly prepared you will not be afraid.
Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner.
If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Put a 'stop-loss' order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth- and refuse to give it any more.
If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
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.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.
When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.
Patience and perserverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong.
If you have some idea you believe in, don't listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you.
Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".
The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Create accomplishment from disappointments. Demoralization and disappointment are two of the surest going stones to achievement.
Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter?
One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.
Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.
If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.
If you got it, ask yourself why and try to repeat the action. If you failed, ask yourself why and try to learn from the experience.
If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.
People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.
Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal.
The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.
Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.�
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.
Make a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you've paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he, to some extent, likes you.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
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.
Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.
Enthusiasm is that ingredient of vitality mixed with a firm belief in what you are doing that ensures the success of any project you undertake.
Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, "How can I make this person want to do it?