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Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
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Missouri
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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.
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Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.
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