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If you want to be enthusiastic, act 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
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnagey
Dale Harbison Carnegie
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This is the only chance you will ever have on earth with this exciting adventure called life. So why not plan it, and try to live it as richly, as happily as possible?
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Let's not imitate others.Let's find ourselves and be ourselves.
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Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.
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Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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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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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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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
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We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.
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Confusion is the main cause of worry
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you’re doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think of it. Two people may in the same place doing the same thing, and yet one may be miserable and the other happy. Why? Because of a different mental attitude.
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Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.
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An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers.
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criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.
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By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
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So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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