It is of particular value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
- Topic: Appreciation, Criticism
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you'll put a torch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces. You'll love it into greatness, you'll upgrade it, you'll fill it with prestige and power.
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.
Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being and ideal grace.
The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.
To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.
The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.
A good joke is the one ultimate and sacred thing which cannot be criticized.
I have yet to find a man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!
To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.
