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.
DALE CARNEGIEKeep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
More Dale Carnegie Quotes
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Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.
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Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.
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If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
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If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.
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It isn’t work that makes you tired, it’s your mental attitude.
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Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone’s face.
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The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.
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Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
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An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
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The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.
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It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
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Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
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The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .
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