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.
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself.
Don't stumble over something behind you.
Memories I had locked away have begun to break free, like shards of ice fracturing off an arctic shelf. In sleep, these broken floes drift toward the morning light of remembrance.
Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak... surrender to them. Don't ask first whether it's permitted, or would please your teachers or father or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that.
Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.
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