"Personally I am very fond of strawberries and……" — Dale Carnegie
"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?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?"
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Dale Carnegie
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361 Quotes by Dale Carnegie
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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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…
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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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It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes…
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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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