So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.
DALE CARNEGIELife truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
More Dale Carnegie Quotes
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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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When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
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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.
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One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.
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If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
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Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. To someone who has seen a dozen people frown, scowl or turn their faces away, your smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds.
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Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint.
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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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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
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Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
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Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
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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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