"You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing."
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"If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work."
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"The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it."
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"Five hundred years before Christ was born, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus told his students that "everything changes except the law of change". He said: "You cannot step in the same river twice." The river changes every second; and so does the man who stepped in it. Life is a ceaseless change. The only certainty is today. Why mar the beauty of living today by trying to solve the problems of a future that is shrouded in ceaseless change and uncertainty-a future that no one can possibly foretell?"
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"You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."
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"The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping ."
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"The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most."
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"It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your mental attitude."
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"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."
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"Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. To someone who has seen a dozen people frown, scowl or turn their faces away, your smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds."
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"By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected."
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"Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away."
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"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage."
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"All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust."
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"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude."
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"Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners."
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"Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you."
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"Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves."
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"Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one's financial success is due one's technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill in human engineering, to personality and the ability to lead people."
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"Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means."
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