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Great speakers are not born, they're trained.

Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
Biographer
Motivational Speaker
Psychologist
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
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No matter what happens, always be yourself.
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Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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Talk to anyone about himself positively and he'll listen without interruption.
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Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.
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you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry
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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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When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: Try to bear lightly what needs must be. Socrates did. He faced death with a calmness and resignation that touched the hem of divinity.
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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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When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary. If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.
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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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It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your mental attitude.
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The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.
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Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.
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Almost all the progress ever made in human thought has been made by the Doubting Thomas's, the questioners, the challengers, the show-me crowd.
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You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.
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Fear is the result of a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence is the result of not knowing what you can do. A lack of knowing what you can do is caused by a lack of experience. A lack of experience is caused by a lack of doing something new.
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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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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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Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
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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.
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