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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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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
Dale Harbison Carnagey
Dale Harbison Carnegie
Men
Floods
Boil
Neck
Flood
Necks
India
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Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.
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Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.
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