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An Argument Would Have Begun To Steam And Boil And Sputter - And You Know How Arguments End. Even If I Had Convinced Him That He Was Wrong, His Pride Would Have Made It Difficult For Him To Back Down And Give In.

-Dale Carnegie

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An Argument Would Have

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An Argument Would Have Begun To Steam And Boil And Sputter - And You Know How Arguments End. Even If I Had Convinced Him That He Was Wrong, His Pride Would Have Made It Difficult For Him To Back Down And Give In.

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The Words "think And Thank" Are Inscribed In Many Of The Cromwellian Churches Of England. These Words Ought To Be Inscribed In Our Hearts, Too: "think And Thank". Think Of All We Have To Be Grateful For, And Thank God For All Our Boons And Bounties.

People Say I'm Cocky, But Am I Supposed To Sit Here And Be Insecure And Not Know Where My Future's Going Or Not Realize That Moviemaking Is The Greatest Thing To Happen To Me?

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If You Can Be Sure Of Being Right Only 55 Percent Of The Time, You Can Go Down To Wall Street And Make A Million Dollars A Day. If You Can't Be Sure Of Being Right Even 55 Percent Of The Time, Why Should You Tell Other People They Are Wrong?

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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A Talk Is A Voyage. It Must Be Charted. The Speaker Who Starts Nowhere, Usually Gets There.

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If Some People Are So Hungry For A Feeling Of Importance That They Actually Go Insane To Get It, Imagine What Miracle You And I Can Achieve By Giving People Honest Appreciation This Side Of Insanity.

If You Must Make A Mistake, Make A New One Each Time.

Neither You Nor I Nor Einstein Nor The Supreme Court Of The United States Is Brilliant Enough To Reach An Intelligent Decision On Any Problem Without First Getting The Facts

Let Us Praise Even The Slightest Improvement. That Inspires The Other Person To Keep On Improving.

Let Us Not Get So Busy Or Live So Fast That We Can't Listen To The Music Of The Meadow Or The Symphony That Glorifies The Forest. Some Things In The World Are Far More Important Than Wealth; One Of Them Is The Ability To Enjoy Simple Things.

John Wanamaker, Founder Of The Stores That Bear His Name, Once Confessed: "i Learned Thirty Years Ago That It Is Foolish To Scold. I Have Enough Trouble Overcoming My Own Limitations Without Fretting Over The Fact That God Has Not Seen Fit To Distribute Evenly The Gift Of Intelligence.

Improving Yourself Is A Lot More Profitable Than Trying To Improve Others.

Improving Yourself

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Remember That No One Ever Kicks A Dead Dog.

Thousands Of Salespeople Are Pounding The Pavements Today, Tired, Discouraged And Underpaid. Why? Because They Are Always Thinking Only Of What They Want. They Don't Realize That Neither You Nor I Want To Buy Anything. If We Did, We Would Go Out And Buy It. But Both Of Us Are Eternally Interested In Solving Our Problems. And If Salespeople Can Show Us How Their Services Or Merchandise Will Help Us Solve Our Problems, They Won't Need To Sell Us. We'll Buy. And Customers Like To Feel That They Are Buying - Not Being Sold.

Do The Hard Jobs First. The Easy Jobs Will Take Care Of Themselves.

Believe You Will Be Successful And You Will.

Being Successful

Your Smile Is A Messenger Of Your Goodwill.

Don't Ask A Man What Is Important To Him. Watch How He Spends His Time

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All Art Is Autobiographical. You Can Only Create What You Are.

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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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