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Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.

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
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Maryville
Missouri
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I know men and women can banish worry, fear and various kinds of illnesses, and can transform their lives by changing their thoughts. I know! I know! I know! I have seen such incredible transformations performed hundreds of times. I have seen them so often that I no longer wonder at them.
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What is the answer to this fatigue? Relax! Relax! Relax! Learn to relax while you are doing your work!
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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A good deed, said the prophet Mohammed, is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another. Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.
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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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I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.
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Try honest to see things from the other person's point of view.
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