Dale Carnegie Quotes

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Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others - yes, and a lot less dangerous.

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Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.

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There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error

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Most people don't remember names, for the simple reason that they don't take the time and energy necessary to concentrate and repeat and fix names indelibly in their minds. They make excuses for themselves; they are too busy.

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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

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Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.

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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

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One of the worst features about worrying is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. 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 and put ourselves in a position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem.

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Once you have made a careful decision based on facts, go into action. Don't stop to reconsider. Don't begin to hesitate, worry, and retrace your steps. Don't lose yourself in self-doubting which begets other doubts. Don't keep looking back over your shoulder.

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When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.

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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

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Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

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Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

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You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

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When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

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Your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our # thoughts we can change our lives.

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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?

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Let's not imitate others.Let's find ourselves and be ourselves.

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Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

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Abilities wither under criticism, the blossom under encouragement.

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By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment.

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By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

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Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

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Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

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It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

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The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use?

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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

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Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.

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No one likes to feel that he or she is being sold some-thing or told to do a thing. We much prefer to feel that we are buying of our own accord or acting on our own ideas. We like to be consulted about our wishes, our wants, our thoughts.

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