Hurting A Man In His Dignity Is

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

It Isn't What You Have, Or Who You Are, Or Where You Are, Or What You Are Doing That Makes You Happy Or Unhappy. It Is What You Think About.

I Honestly Believe That This Is One Of The Greatest Secrets To True Peace Of Mind -- A Decent Sense Of Values. We Could Annihilate 50 Percent Of All Our Worries At Once If We Would Develop A Sort Of Private Gold Standard -- A Gold Standard Of What Things Are Worth To Us In Terms Of Our Lives.

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 Lead To Poor Decisions And Invites People To Take Advantage Of You. Instead, Be A Rational Optimist Who Takes The Good With The Bad, In Hopes Of The Good Ultimately Outweighing The Bad, And With The Understanding That Being Pessimistic About Everything Accomplishes Nothing. Prepare For The Worst But Hope For The Best - The Former Makes You Sensible, And The Latter Makes You An Optimist.

Do You Know The Most Important Trait A Man Can Have? It Is Not Executive Ability; It Is Not A Great Mentality; It Is Not Kindliness, Nor Courage, Nor A Sense Of Humor, Though Each Of These Is Of Tremendous Importance. In My Opinion, It Is The Ability To Make Friends, Which, Boiled Down, Means The Ability To See The Best In Man.