... attention In spite of his own grief, Longfellow undertook to be father and mother to his children He took them for walks, told them stories, played games with them, and immortalised their companionship ... decision It is the failure to arrive at a fixed purpose, the inability tostop going round and round in maddening circles, that drives men to nervous breakdowns and living hells I find that fifty ... Sunday night, I happened to pick up the booklet on HowtoStopWorrying which I had been given in my Carnegie class in public speaking I started to read it, and came across the story of Willis H...
... Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The bliss of growth The glory of action HowToStopWorryingAnd ... I know I could live on inside my mind For it is in the mind we see, and in the mind we live, whether we know it or not." In the hope of restoring his eyesight, Tarkington had to go through more ... in the morning -and then I went to bed and slept like a log! "How did it end? Well, the next morning my lawyer told me to go and see the District Attorney and tell him the truth I did precisely...
... Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The bliss of growth The glory of action HowToStopWorryingAnd ... I know I could live on inside my mind For it is in the mind we see, and in the mind we live, whether we know it or not." In the hope of restoring his eyesight, Tarkington had to go through more ... in the morning -and then I went to bed and slept like a log! "How did it end? Well, the next morning my lawyer told me to go and see the District Attorney and tell him the truth I did precisely...
... poise and self-confidence They wanted to get ahead in business They wanted to have more money for their families And since they were paying their tuition on an installment basis -and they stopped ... in Which This Book Will Help You Gives you a number of practical, tested formulas for solving worry situations HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie Shows you howto eliminate ... rules on howtostopworryingand asked them to apply these rules in their own lives and then talk tothe class on the results they had obtained Others reported on techniques they had used in the...
... the thrill of achieving these victories in business and in living if he hadn't seen the folly of worrying- if he hadn't learnedto live in day-tight compartments Five hundred years before Christ ... Sunday night, I happened to pick up the booklet on HowtoStopWorrying which I had been given in my Carnegie class in public speaking I started to read it, and came across the story of Willis H ... poem written by the famous Indian dramatist, Kalidasa: Salutation ToThe Dawn Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of...
... HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie 20 How Worry Can Cause A Cold Worry AndThe Thyroid TheWorrying Diabetic Another illuminating book about worry is lion Against Himself, ... arthritis -and, in spite of medicine and diets, the arthritis continued until their financial situation improved Worry can even cause tooth decay Dr William I. L McGonigle said in an address before the ... mirror, I saw what worry was doing to my looks! I saw the lines it was forming I saw the anxious expression So I said to myself: 'You've got tostop this at once! You can't afford to worry The...
... magic-but like all magic tricks, it is extremely simple when you see how it is done HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie 30 "Here is the secret: First, I immediately stopped the ... will find that your ability tostopworryingand start living will grow and spread like a green bay tree Keep a diary-a diary in which you ought to record your triumphs in the application of these ... I have completed most of them Besides, I have filled my life with stimulating activities Two nights per week I attend adult-education classes in New York I have gone in for civic activities in...
... friends on a camping expedition While listening tothe limbs crackling in the roaring fire, I thought how much they sounded like the crackling of the radiators Why should I like one and hate the ... Reporters from the big cities poured into the town The news flashed around the world Nothing was settled This quarrel caused Kipling and his wife to abandon their American home for the rest of their ... York City He orders from ten HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie 45 to fifteen car-loads of Florida oranges and grapefruit at a time He told me that he used to torture himself...
... thing is that I know that I can attain this dominion to an astonishing degree, any time I want to, by merely controlling my actions-which in turn control my reactions HowToStopWorryingAnd ... will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse it nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind I will learn something ... myself more diligently tothe study of the Swedish language and try to correct my mistakes I want to thank you for helping me get started on the road to self-improvement." HowToStopWorrying And...
... HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie 74 Here is the second point I am trying to make in this chapter: If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude ... loan; andI got the job HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie 76 "I now have the following words pasted on my bathroom mirror, andI read them every morning as I shave: I had the ... sir It is a fine morning, isn't it?' he said with spirit As I stood looking at him, I realised how rich I was I had two legs I could walk I felt ashamed of my self-pity I said to myself if he...
... of the stories that tied for first prize -the story of C.R Burton (who works for Whizzer Motor Sales of Missouri, Inc.), 1067 Commercial Street, Springfield, Missouri "I lost my mother when I was ... demonstrated "their power to turn a minus into a plus" The late William Bolitho, author of Twelve Against the Gods, put it like this: "The most important thing in life is not to capitalise on your gains ... mind I would find out what was good in my present situation I would look for the stars HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie 84 "I made friends with the natives, and their reaction...
... neurosis." If religion isn't true, then life is meaningless It is a tragic farce I interviewed Henry Ford a few years prior to his death Before I met him, I had expected him to show the strains of the ... trouble to find out where he lives, or ask to see a snapshot of his wife and his kids? Did you ever ask him if his feet get tired, or if he ever gets bored? HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” ... more life, a larger, richer, more satisfying life." It gives me faith, hope, and courage It banishes tensions, anxieties, fears, and worries It gives purpose to my life -and direction It vastly improves...
... collecting money for scientific expeditions and then "lying around and loafing in the Arctic." And they probably believed it, because it is almost impossible not to believe what you want to believe ... that if we knew another doctor, to please call him in on the case HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie104 "On the way home my husband broke down and, doubling up his fist, hit ... than meat, andthe body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither they reap, nor gather into barns; HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie103 yet your...
... the slightest idea what my critic is going to say I am disgusted with myself every time I it We all tend to resent criticism and lap up praise, regardless of whether either the criticism orthe ... mad Then when I tried to fix it up with this person, I would stir up a couple of other bumble-bees I finally discovered that the more I tried to pacify andto smooth over injured feelings in order ... fifteen years criticising-well, the story goes like this: When Darwin completed the manuscript of his immortal book, The Origin of Species, he realised that the publication of his revolutionary concept...
... he paid, there were two abilities he found it almost impossible to find Those two priceless abilities are: first, the ability to think Second, the ability to things in the order of their importance ... HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie119 That old man taught Vicki Baum andthe other children howto fall, howto flip-flops, andhowto turn somersaults And always he insisted: ... Relating tothe Immediate Problem at Hand HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie123 Roland L Williams, President of Chicago and North-western Railway, says: "A person with his...
... suicide by chronic insomnia HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie131 "I actually thought I was going insane," Ira Sandner told me "The trouble was, in the beginning, that I ... companies, to discover the factors that make for a long life, he placed "the right occupation" high on the list He might have said, with HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie135 ... and exciting day of my life, Father andI took a train back to Ravenwood, Missouri Arriving there at two o'clock in the morning, we had to walk four miles home tothe farm And here is the point...
... weeks interviewing the architects in your city and in adjoining cities You can get their names and addresses out of a classified telephone directory You can call at their offices either with or without ... Our Worries " If I knew howto solve everybody's financial worries, I wouldn't be writing this book, I would be sitting in the White House-right beside the President But here is one thing I can ... Sylvia S Porter, financial editor of the New York Post, in the Ladies' Home Journal Years ago, The Saturday Evening Post said in an editorial: "The ease with which the average widow without business...
... more than an art or an occupation to me It is a passion Iloveto teach as a painter loves to paint or a singer loves to sing Before I get out of bed in the morning, I think with ardent delight ... officer in India, where I played polo, and hunted, and explored in the Himalayas as well as doing some HowToStopWorryingAnd Start Living” By Dale Carnegie151 soldiering I fought through the First ... lifted my sights, widened my horizons, and made me realise that I had latent abilities that I never dreamed I possessed Most important, however, was the fact that the first prize in the oratorical...
... note of introduction and sent me down tothe Victor Recording Company I made a record I was no good-too stiff and self-conscious So I took the advice of the Victor Recording man: I went back to Tulsa, ... attitude I said to myself: "If the college authorities demand that I pass my physics examination before I obtain a degree, who am Ito question their wisdom?" So I enrolled for physics again This ... returned to New York for another try This time I got a break One day, while waiting for an interview in a recording-studio office, I played my guitar and sang a song tothe girl receptionist: "Jeannine,...