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If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

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
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnagey
Dale Harbison Carnegie
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Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner.
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When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: Try to bear lightly what needs must be. Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.
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Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
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Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.
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Do the very best you can.
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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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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.
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The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence, and makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool.
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By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.
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When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is.
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(A smile) costs nothing, but creates much.
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If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.
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Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.
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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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Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
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If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest steppingstones to success. No other element can do so much for a man if he is willing to study them and make capital out of them. Look backward. Can't you see where your failures have helped you?
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Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, How can I make this person want to do it?
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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