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Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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Motivational Speaker
Psychologist
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Maryville
Missouri
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Give your problem all the thought you possibly can before a solution is reached. But when the matter is settled and over with, worry not at all.
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Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.
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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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You are something new in this world. Never before, since the beginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again.
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Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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When you're afraid keep your mind on what you have to do. And if you have been thoroughly prepared you will not be afraid.
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'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says, 'I 'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance.' Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of self-pity .
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