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„Entwickeln Erfolg von Fehlern. Entmutigung und Misserfolg sind zwei der sichersten Trittsteine zum Erfolg.“

„Es ist nicht das, was du hast oder wer du bist oder wo du bist oder was du tust, was dich glücklich oder unglücklich macht. Es ist das, was du darüber denkst.“

„Jeder Dummkopf kann kritisieren, verurteilen und sich beschweren - und die meisten Dummköpfe tun es. Aber es braucht Charakter und Selbstbeherrschung, um zu verstehen und zu vergeben.“

„Denken Sie im Umgang mit Menschen daran, dass es sich nicht um logische Kreaturen handelt, sondern um Kreaturen, die vor Vorurteilen strotzen und von Stolz und Eitelkeit motiviert sind.“

„Nichts kann dir Frieden bringen, außer du selber.“

„Sie können in zwei Monaten mehr Freunde finden, indem Sie sich für andere Menschen interessieren als in zwei Jahren, indem Sie versuchen, andere Menschen für Sie zu interessieren.“

„Die Menschen zahlen mehr für Unterhaltung als für Bildung.“

„Sprechen Sie zu den Menschen, über sie selbst, und sie werden Ihnen stundenlang zuhören.“

„Unsere Gedanken machen uns zu dem, was wir sind.“

„Denken Sie daran, heute ist das Morgen, um das Sie sich gestern Sorgen gemacht haben.“

„Jeder Dummkopf kann kritisieren, verdammen und sich beschweren - und die meisten Dummköpfe tun dies.“

„Es gibt drei Arten von Reden, die Sie tatsächlich halten werden. Die Rede, die Sie üben, die, die Sie sagen, und die, die Sie sprechen möchten.“

„Hab keine Angst vor Feinden, die dich angreifen. Fürchte Freunde, die dir schmeicheln.“

„Die Ideen, für die ich stehe, sind nicht meine.“

„Die mit Abstand wichtigste Lektion, die ich je gelernt habe, ist die Wichtigkeit dessen, was wir denken. Wenn ich wüsste, was Sie denken, würde ich wissen, was Sie sind. Unsere Gedanken machen uns zu dem, was wir sind.“

„Alle Männer haben Ängste, aber die Tapferen legen ihre Ängste ab und gehen vorwärts, manchmal zum Tod, aber immer zum Sieg.“

„Wenn dir das Leben eine Zitrone gibt, mach Limonade draus.“

„Das Heute ist unser kostbarstes Besitztum. Es ist unser einziges sicheres Besitztum.“

„Wissen ist solange keine Macht bis es angewandt wird.“

“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”

“Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.”

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”

“Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.”

“Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.”

“One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”

“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.”

“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

“One of the 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.”

“Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.”

“Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".”

“A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still”

“You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

“Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”

“I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it. Avoid it as you would avoid rattlesnakes and earthquakes.”

“Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.”

“If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive”

“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.”

“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”

“If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.”

“Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.”

“criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.”

“By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.”

“if you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!”

“We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today”

“Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. “To know all is to forgive all.”

“A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.”

“arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.”