Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars...or your two legs...or your hands...or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them.
Interpretation
True wealth lies in appreciating the invaluable aspects of life rather than material possessions.
This quote by Dale Carnegie emphasizes the intrinsic value of our senses and body parts, suggesting that no amount of money could compensate for their loss. It serves as a reminder to cherish and appreciate the intangible gifts we often take for granted, highlighting that the most precious things in life cannot be bought.
In practice
In a motivational speech emphasizing gratitude for life’s blessings.
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?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
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 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.
As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
It's important to have people who are absolutely willing to say you're wrong or who have a totally different perspective than you do on everything. Fresh ideas are hard to come by, and good ones are even harder.
I think we'd be very foolish to expect that we can just import everything from somewhere else and imagine that that's going to last for ever and ever and ever
Endlessly amused by people's minds.
When you read something you have written, you have to confront some of the lies you have been telling yourself.
But it is good to be several floors up in the dead of night wondering whether you are any good or not and the only decision you can make is that you did it.
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