This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
To be elated at success and disappointed at failure is to be the child of circumstances; how can such a one be called master of himself?
Circumstances | Failure | Success | Failure | Child |
Even though a high IQ is no guarantee of prosperity, prestige, or happiness in life, our schools and our culture fixate on academic abilities, ignoring the emotional intelligence that also matters immensely for our personal destiny.
Culture | Destiny | Guarantee | Intelligence | Life | Life | Prosperity | Happiness |
Cheating thrives where unfairness reigns, along with economic anxiety. It thrives where government is the weak captive of wealthy interests and lacks the will to do justice impartially. It thrives where money and success are king, and winners are fawned over whatever their daily abuses of power.
Anxiety | Anxiety | Government | Justice | Money | Power | Success | Unfairness | Will | Government |
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest steppingstones to success. No other element can do so much for a man if he is willing to study them and make capital out of them. Look backward. Can't you see where your failures have helped you?
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
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, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success.
Confidence | Day | Future | Hope | Love | Success | Thinking | Will | Happiness | Think |
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.
Confucius, aka Kong Qiu, Zhongni, K'ung Fu-tzu or Kong Fuzi NULL
The ways of the true human being are three. I myself have met with success in none of them. For he that is really Good is never unhappy, he that is really wise is never perplexed, he that is really brave is never afraid.
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
The chief thing you are seeking in this world is happiness; and happiness does not depend upon good health or money or fame, though good health is a large factor. It depends, however, principally on one thing only, your thoughts. If you can't have what you want, be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.
Success |
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new... Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and manysideedness... Cheerfulness, and often Confidence, that is a mind devoid of fear, the highest good.
Cheerfulness | Confidence | Fear | Good | Mind | Money | Strength | Happiness | Think |
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Gold | Possessions | Soul | Happiness |
The chooser’s happiness lies in his congruence with the chosen, the peace of iron-filings, obedient to the forces of the magnetic field. Calm is the soul that is emptied of all self, in a restful harmony. This happiness is here and now, in the eternal moment of co-inherence. A happiness within you - but not yours.
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
If we can't have all we want, let us not poison our days with worry and resentment. Let us be good to ourselves. Let us be philosophical. And philosophy, according to Epictecal, boils down to this: "The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."
Good | Little | Man | Philosophy | Resentment | Worry | Happiness |
Confucius, aka Kong Qiu, Zhongni, K'ung Fu-tzu or Kong Fuzi NULL
What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.
Anger | Culture | Earth | God | Harmony | Heaven | Joy | Man | Nature | Sadness | Self | World | Happiness |
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll’ philosophy.
Fear | People | Philosophy | Procrastination | Responsibility | Success | Will | Afraid |
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Happiness is within you. It comes from doing some certain thing into which you can put all your thought and energy. If you want to be happy, get enthusiastic about something.