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== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
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* '''The ideas I stand for are not mine.''' I borrowed them from [[Socrates]]. I swiped them from [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]]. I stole them from [[Jesus]]. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use?
* '''The ideas I stand for are not mine.''' I borrowed them from [[Socrates]]. I swiped them from [[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]]. I stole them from [[Jesus]]. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use?
** On his book ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' as quoted in ''Newsweek'' (8 August 1955); also quoted in ''Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56'' (1957) by James Beasley Simpson, p. 128.
** On his book ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' as quoted in ''Newsweek'' (8 August 1955); also quoted in ''Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56'' (1957) by James Beasley Simpson, p. 128.
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** from ''Dale Carnegie’s Scrapbook'', ed. Dorothy Carnegie, as cited in [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0671695878 ''Words of Wisdom''], William Safire & Leonard Safir, Simon and Schuster (reprint, 1990), p. 87
** from ''Dale Carnegie’s Scrapbook'', ed. Dorothy Carnegie, as cited in [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0671695878 ''Words of Wisdom''], William Safire & Leonard Safir, Simon and Schuster (reprint, 1990), p. 87
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=== ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' (1936) ===
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=== ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' (1936) ===
:Dale Carnegie, ''[[w:How to Win Friends and Influence People|How to Win Friends and Influence People]]'' (1936)
:Dale Carnegie, ''[[w:How to Win Friends and Influence People|How to Win Friends and Influence People]]'' (1936)
* Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, "...and speak all the good I know of everybody." '''Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and [[self-control]] to be understanding and forgiving.''' "A great man shows his greatness," says Carlyle, "by the way he treats little men."
* Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, "...and speak all the good I know of everybody." '''Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and [[self-control]] to be understanding and forgiving.''' "A great man shows his greatness," says Carlyle, "by the way he treats little men."
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Part 1 : Fundamental Techniques in Handling People, p. 36.
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** Part 1 : Fundamental Techniques in Handling People, p. 36.
* Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. How about the time you gave a large contribution to the Red Cross? Yes, that is no exception to the rule. You gave the Red Cross the donation because you wanted to lend a helping hand; you wanted to do a beautiful, unselfish, divine act.
* Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. How about the time you gave a large contribution to the Red Cross? Yes, that is no exception to the rule. You gave the Red Cross the donation because you wanted to lend a helping hand; you wanted to do a beautiful, unselfish, divine act.
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* Here is one of the best bits of advice every given about the fine art of human relationships. "If there is any one secret of success," says [[Henry Ford]], "it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own."
* Here is one of the best bits of advice every given about the fine art of human relationships. "If there is any one secret of success," says [[Henry Ford]], "it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own."
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** p. 42 (in 2016 edition)
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** p. 42 (in 2016 edition)
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* I often went [[fishing]] up in Maine during the summer.
Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted.
I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream.
Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" <br> Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?
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* I often went [[fishing]] up in Maine during the summer. Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" <br> Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?
** Ch. 3.
** Ch. 3.
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** p. 220 (in 1998 edition)
** p. 220 (in 1998 edition)
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=== ''How to Stop Worrying and Start Living'' (1948) ===
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=== ''How to Stop Worrying and Start Living'' (1948) ===
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:Dale Carnegie, ''[[w:How to Stop Worrying and Start Living|How to Stop Worrying and Start Living]]'' (1948)
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:Dale Carnegie, ''[[w:How to Stop Worrying and Start Living|How to Stop Worrying and Start Living]]'' (1948)
* By far the most vital lesson I have ever learned is the importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are. Our thoughts make us what we are.
* By far the most vital lesson I have ever learned is the importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are. Our thoughts make us what we are.
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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.
* 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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** p. 110
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** p. 110
* Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
* Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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** p. 237. Part 8 : How I Conquered Worry,
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** p. 237. Part 8 : How I Conquered Worry,
== External links ==
== External links ==