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Instead Quotes by Dale Carnegie
- 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…
- If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of…
- Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
- Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead…
- Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can…
- ...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.
- Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
- When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.
- Millions of people have wrecked their lives in angry turmoil, because they refused to accept the worst; refused to try to improve upon it; refused…
- 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…
- 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…
More Instead Quotes
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't… — Arthur Ashe
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day. — John James Audubon
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas. — Joe Baca
- Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs… — Michele Bachmann
- After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington… — Michele Bachmann
- How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them. — Lucille Ball
- The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home… — Edward Abbey