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Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.

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
Humans
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Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.
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Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, How can I make this person want to do it?
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STOP AND LOOK out the window and see how beautiful the world is. It is there-enjoy it. Go out tonight and look up at the stars. They are the wonders of nature
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Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a single ripple of appreciative comment.
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John Wanamaker, founder of the stores that bear his name, once confessed: I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.
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We move toward what we picture in our minds.
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Advertising. The movies do it. TV does it. Why don't you do it?
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
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When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. ...Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
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arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.
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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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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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If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.
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People aren't interested in you. They're interested in themselves
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