Dale Carnegie How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

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Dale Carnegie How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

"Have no anxiety about the morrow"; or the words of Sir William Osier: "Live in day-tight compartments."
(Page 20)

"Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means." Robert Louis Stevenson
(Page 20)

'Every day is a new life to a wise man.'
(Page 21)

Kalidasa: Salutation To The 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 your existence:
The bliss of growth The glory of action The splendour of achievement.
For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation to the dawn.
(Page 26)

When we worry, our minds jump here and there and everywhere, and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminate all those vague imaginings"
(Page 28)

William James "Be willing to have it so ... .Be willing to have it so," he said, because "... Acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming the consequences"
(Page 29)

Step I 'Face the worst'

Step II 'Accept the worst'

Step III-improve on the worst
(Page 29)

The magic formula of Willis H. Carrier by doing these three things:

1. Ask yourself,' 'What is the worst that can possibly happen?"
2. Prepare to accept it if you have to.
3. Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst. (Page 34)

Lin Yutang in his widely read book, The Importance of Living. "True peace of mind," said this Chinese philosopher, "comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think, it means a release of energy."
(Page 29)

Carnegie, D. (1948). How to stop worrying and start living. Simon & Schuster.

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Dale Carnegie How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
First Posted April 17 2026
PdF, Quotes added August 15 2026 9:25pm