Dale Carnegie Quotes
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Seventy per cent of all patients who come to physicians could cure themselves if they got rid of their fears and worries.
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Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
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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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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
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Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
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Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.
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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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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.