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.

—Dale Carnegie

About Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie ( KAR-nig-ee; spelled Carnagey until c. 1922; November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win...

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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

—Dale Carnegie

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

—Dale Carnegie

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.

—Dale Carnegie

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.

—Dale Carnegie

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

—Dale Carnegie

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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

—Benjamin Franklin

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.

—Baltasar Gracián

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

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There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

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Bed is the poor man's opera.

—Italian proverb

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