"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."
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"If you have worries, there is no better way to eliminate them than by walking them off. Just take them out for a walk. They may take wings and fly away!"
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"Winning friends begins with friendliness."
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"If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving."
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"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."
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"When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves."
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"Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things."
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"Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession."
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"Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature."
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"Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking."
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"People like people who help them like themselves."
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"An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers."
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"The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?"
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"Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to."
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"By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment."
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"I know men and women can banish worry, fear and various kinds of illnesses, and can transform their lives by changing their thoughts. I know! I know! I know! I have seen such incredible transformations performed hundreds of times. I have seen them so often that I no longer wonder at them."
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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.""
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"By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing."
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"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?"
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"Stop worrying and start living."
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