Dale Carnegie Quotes

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All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

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We can all endure disaster and tragedy, and triumph over them-if we have to. We may not think we can, but we have surprisingly strong inner resources that will see us through if we will only make use of them. We are stronger than we think.

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It was this desire for a feeling of importance that led an uneducated, poverty-stricken grocery clerk to study some law books he found in the bottom of a barrel of household plunder that he had bought for fifty cents. You have probably heard of this grocery clerk. His name was Lincoln.

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When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.

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If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.

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Once I did bad and that I heard ever. Twice I did good, but that I heard never.

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Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

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You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.

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If we want to make friends, let's greet people with animation and enthusiasm.

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An argument would have begun to steam and boil and sputter - and you know how arguments end. Even if I had convinced him that he was wrong, his pride would have made it difficult for him to back down and give in.

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Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to reach an intelligent decision on any problem without first getting the facts

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Fear is the result of a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence is the result of not knowing what you can do. A lack of knowing what you can do is caused by a lack of experience. A lack of experience is caused by a lack of doing something new.

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If you can be sure of being right only 55 percent of the time, you can go down to Wall Street and make a million dollars a day. If you can't be sure of being right even 55 percent of the time, why should you tell other people they are wrong?

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If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous. They won't pay attention to you while they still have a lot of ideas of their own crying for expression. So listen patiently and with an open mind.

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Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

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Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

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Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.

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Obviously, circumstances alone do not make us happy or unhappy. It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is within you. That is where the kingdom of hell is, too.

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If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.

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The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.

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Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

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The unvarnished truth is that almost all the people you meet feel themselves superior to you in some way, and a sure way to their hearts is to let them realize in some subtle way that you recognize their importance, and recognize it sincerely.

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Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

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How often we all have heard speakers begin by calling the attention of the audience to their lack of preparation or lack of ability. If you are not prepared, the audience will probably discover it without your assistance.

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It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.

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Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.

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Looking at the other person's point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed as manipulating that person so that he will do something that is only for your benefit and his detriment. Each party should gain from the negotiation.

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People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.

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Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.

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Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.

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