you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry
Interpretation
A person's character can be assessed by their reactions to anger-inducing situations.
This quote by Dale Carnegie suggests that an individual's true nature and moral values are revealed through their anger. How one responds to anger β what triggers it and how they manage that emotion β can act as an indicator of their character and the principles they hold dear.
In practice
In a team-building seminar, I might say, 'As Dale Carnegie said, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry, emphasizing the importance of emotional intelligence in leaders.'
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
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By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
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I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
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Whether by theft or by artistry or by conquest, when it comes to time, Venetians are the world's greatest experts. They bested time like no one else.
True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.
Tokenism does not change stereotypes of social systems but works to preserve them, since it dulls the revolutionary impulse.
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.
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