"Begin in a friendly way."
"Don’t criticize, condemn or complain."
"Begin with praise and honest appreciation."
"Become genuinely interested in other people."
"When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade."
"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge."
"Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."
"If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive."
"The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it."
"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."
"Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves."
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do."
"Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement."
"Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed."
"If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."
"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude."
"Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners."
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
"Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language."
“Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.”
“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
"Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire."
"First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst."
"Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be “hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.”
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
"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."
"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."
"Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have."
"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."
"If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done."
"In other words, don’t argue with your customer or your spouse or your adversary. Don’t tell them they are wrong, don’t get them stirred up. Use a little diplomacy."
“Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.”
"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep."
"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."
"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity."
"Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date."
"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."
"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."
"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?"
"Wouldn’t you like to have a magic phrase that would stop arguments,
eliminate ill feeling, create good will and make the other person listen
attentively? Yes? All right. Here it is.: “I don’t blame you one iota
for feeling as you do. If I were you I would undoubtedly feel just as
you do."
Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Wisdom-of-the-Wise.com
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