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Let's Find And Remedy All Our Weaknesses Before Our Enemies Get A Chance To Say A Word. That Is What Charles Darwin Did. ...when Darwin Completed The Manuscript Of His Immortal Book "the Origin Of Species" He Realized That The Publication Of His Revolutionary Concept Of Creation Would Rock The Intellectual And Religious Worlds. So He Became His Own Critic And Spent Another 15 Years Checking His Data, Challenging His Reasoning, And Criticizing His Conclusions.

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Let's Find And Remedy All Our Weaknesses Before Our Enemies Get A Chance To Say A Word. That Is What Charles Darwin Did. ...when Darwin Completed The Manuscript Of His Immortal Book "the Origin Of Species" He Realized That The Publication Of His Revolutionary Concept Of Creation Would Rock The Intellectual And Religious Worlds. So He Became His Own Critic And Spent Another 15 Years Checking His Data, Challenging His Reasoning, And Criticizing His Conclusions.

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When The Friendly Jailer Gave Socrates The Poison Cup To Drink, The Jailer Said: "try To Bear Lightly What Needs Must Be." Socrates Did. He Faced Death With A Calmness And Resignation That Touched The Hem Of Divinity.

If You Must Make A Mistake, Make A New One Each Time.

Excitement Radiates Through Your Eyes, Your Face, Your Voice, Your Soul, And Your Whole Personality.

It Isn’t What You Have Or Who You Are Or Where You Are Or What You’re Doing That Makes You Happy Or Unhappy. It’s What You Think Of It. Two People May In The Same Place Doing The Same Thing, And Yet One May Be Miserable And The Other Happy. Why? Because Of A Different Mental Attitude.

In Short, We Lose The Freshness And Spontaneity Of True Conversation. These Are Areas In Which Everyone Interested In Self-improvement Will Seek To Improve.

The Man Who Grasps An Opportunity As It Is Paraded Before Him, Nine Times Out Of Ten Makes A Success, But The Man Who Makes His Own Opportunities Is, Barring An Accident, A Sure-fire Success

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What Is The Answer To This Fatigue? Relax! Relax! Relax! Learn To Relax While You Are Doing Your Work!

Remember, Happiness Doesn't Depend Upon Who You Are Or What You Have; It Depends Solely Upon What You Think. So Start Each Day By Thinking Of All The Things You Have To Be Thankful For. Your Future Will Depend Very Largely On The Thoughts You Think Today. So Think Thoughts Of Hope And Confidence And Love And Success.

You Can Sing Only What You Are. You Can Paint Only What You Are. You Must Be What Your Experiences, Your Environment, And Your Heredity Have Made You. For Better Or For Worse, You Must Play Your Own Little Instrument In The Orchestra Of Life.

Knowledge Isn’t Power Until It Is Applied.

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

We All Have Possibilities We Don't Know About. We Can Do Things We Don't Even Dream We Can Do. It's Only When Necessity Faces Us That We Rise To The Occasion And Actually Do The Things That Hitherto Have Seemed Impossible.

Create Accomplishment From Disappointments. Demoralization And Disappointment Are Two Of The Surest Going Stones To Achievement.

Do The Very Best You Can.

By All Means Take Thought For The Tomorrow, Yes, Careful Thought And Planning And Preparation. But Have No Anxiety.

Remember Happiness Doesn't Depend Upon Who You Are Or What You Have; It Depends Solely On What You Think.

Remember That Other People May Be Totally Wrong. But They Don't Think So. Don't Condemn Them. Any Fool Can Do That. Try To Understand Them. Only Wise, Tolerant, Exceptional People Even Try To Do That.

Would You Sell Both Your Eyes For A Million Dollars...or Your Two Legs...or Your Hands...or Your Hearing? Add Up What You Do Have, And You'll Find You Won't Sell Them For All The Gold In The World. The Best Things In Life Are Yours, If You Can Appreciate Them.

People Who Talk Only Of Themselves Think Only Of Themselves.

He Who Treads Softly Goes Far.

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Dealing With People Is Probably The Biggest Problem You Face, Especially If You Are In Business. Yes, And That Is Also True If You Are A Housewife, Architect Or Engineer.

Take Stock Of Your Fears Now And See How Many Of Them Are Senseless. If You Are Honest With Yourself You Will Probably Find Most Of Them Are Groundless.

Honest With Yourself

You Are Merely Not Feeling Equal To The Tasks Before You.

Give Honest And Sincere Appreciation.

When Theodore Roosevelt Was In The White House, He Confessed That If He Could Be Right 75 Percent Of The Time, He Would Reach The Highest Measure Of His Expectation. . . . If That Was The Highest Rating That One Of The Most Distinguished Men Of The Twentieth Century Could Hope To Obtain, What About You And Me?

Develop Success From Failures.

Feeling Sorry For Yourself, And Your Present Condition, Is Not Only A Waste Of Energy But The Worst Habit You Could Possibly Have.

Tell Me What Gives A Man Or Woman Their Greatest Pleasure And I'll Tell You Their Philosophy Of Life.

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.

To Be Interesting, Be Interested.

Believe That You Will Succeed, And You Will.

Naturalness Is The Easiest Thing In The World To Acquire, If You Will Forget Yourself-forget About The Impression You Are Trying To Make.

People Like People Who Help Them Like Themselves.

Self-expression Is The Dominant Necessity Of Human Nature.

It Is The Way We React To Circumstances That Determines Our Feelings.

If You Want To Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over The Beehive.

Seventy Per Cent Of All Patients Who Come To Physicians Could Cure Themselves If They Got Rid Of Their Fears And Worries.

Our Fatigue Is Often Caused Not By Work, But By Worry, Frustration And Resentment.

The Only Way To Get The Best Of An Argument Is To Avoid It.

Tell A Child, A Husband Or An Employee That He Is Stupid Or Dumb At A Certain Thing, That He Has No Gift For It, And That He Is Doing It All Wrong And You Have Destroyed Almost Every Incentive To Try To Improve. But Use The Opposite Technique, Be Liberal With Encouragement; Make The Thing Seem Easy To Do, Let The Other Person Know That You Have Faith In His Ability To Do It, That He Has An Undeveloped Flair For It - And He Will Practice Until The Dawn Comes In At The Window In Order To Excel.

Whenever Roosevelt (theodore) Expected A Visitor, He Sat Up Late The Night Before, Reading Up On The Subject In Which He Knew His Guest Was Particularly Interested. For Roosevelt Knew, All The Leaders Royal Road To A Person's Heart Is To Talk About The Things He Or She Treasures Most.

Live An Active Life Among People Who Are Doing Worthwhile Things, Keep Eyes And Ears And Mind And Heart Open To Absorb Truth, And Then Tell Of The Things You Know, As If You Know Them. The World Will Listen, For The World Loves Nothing So Much As Real Life.

'when You Have A Lemon, Make A Lemonade.' That Is What A Great Educator Does. But The Fool Does The Exact Opposite. If He Finds That Life Has Handed Him A Lemon, He Gives Up And Says, 'i 'm Beaten. It Is Fate. I Haven't Got A Chance.' Then He Proceeds To Rail Against The World And Indulge In An Orgy Of Self-pity .

We Nourish The Bodies Of Our Children And Friends And Employees, But How Seldom Do We Nourish Their Selfesteem? We Provide Them With Roast Beef And Potatoes To Build Energy, But We Neglect To Give Them Kind Words Of Appreciation That Would Sing In Their Memories For Years Like The Music Of The Morning Stars.

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