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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.

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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If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.
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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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Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation. You and I may soon forger the words of encouragement and appreciation that we utter now, but the person to whom we have spoken them may treasure them and repeat them to themselves over a lifetime
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Our thoughts make us what we are.
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People like people who help them like themselves.
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Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.
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Monotony reveals our limitations.
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Mix judgement with ambition and season it with energy. It makes a splendid recipe for success.
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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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Learn to love, respect and enjoy other people.
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The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book.
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You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.
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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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Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.
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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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Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
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A boil on a man's neck is more important to him than 40 floods in India
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If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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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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