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A Smile Is Nature's Best Antidote For Discouragement. It Brings Rest To The Weary, Sunshine To Those Who Are Frowning, And Hope To Those Who Are Hopeless And Defeated. A Smile Is So Valuable That It Can't Be Bought, Begged, Borrowed, Or Taken Away Against Your Will. You Have To Be Willing To Give A Smile Away Before It Can Do Anyone Else Any Good. So If Someone Is Too Tired Or Grumpy To Flash You A Smile, Let Him Have One Of Yours Anyway. Nobody Needs A Smile As Much As The Person Who Has None To Give.

-Dale Carnegie

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A Smile Is Nature's

Dale Carnegie

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A Smile Is Nature's Best Antidote For Discouragement. It Brings Rest To The Weary, Sunshine To Those Who Are Frowning, And Hope To Those Who Are Hopeless And Defeated. A Smile Is So Valuable That It Can't Be Bought, Begged, Borrowed, Or Taken Away Against Your Will. You Have To Be Willing To Give A Smile Away Before It Can Do Anyone Else Any Good. So If Someone Is Too Tired Or Grumpy To Flash You A Smile, Let Him Have One Of Yours Anyway. Nobody Needs A Smile As Much As The Person Who Has None To Give.

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No One Likes To Feel That He Or She Is Being Sold Some-thing Or Told To Do A Thing. We Much Prefer To Feel That We Are Buying Of Our Own Accord Or Acting On Our Own Ideas. We Like To Be Consulted About Our Wishes, Our Wants, Our Thoughts.

Talk To Anyone About Himself Positively And He'll Listen Without Interruption.

Develop Success From Failures. Discouragement And Failure Are Two Of The Surest Stepping Stones To Success. The Successful Man Will Profit From His Mistakes And Try Again In A Different Way. When You're Afraid, Keep Your Mind On What You Have To Do...if You Have Been Thoroughly Prepared, You Will Not Be Afraid. We All Have Possibilities We Don't Know About. We Can Do Things We Don't Even Dream We Can Do.

The Sure-thing Boat Never Gets Far From Shore.

Will And Determination

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.

If You Want To Keep Happiness , You Have To Share It !

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