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Our thoughts make us what we are.

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
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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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If you have worries, there is no better way to eliminate them than by walking them off. Just take them out for a walk. They may take wings and fly away!
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Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.
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If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Happiness is within you. It comes from doing some certain thing into which you can put all your thought and energy. If you want to be happy, get enthusiastic about something.
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Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
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I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.
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you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.
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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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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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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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Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.
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Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.
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Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
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Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
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If we speak poorly about that which we do well... people will assume we perform poorly!
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Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable.
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Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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