Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most fools do.

—Dale Carnegie

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About Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie ( KAR-nig-ee; spelled Carnagey until c. 1922; November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win...

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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

—Dale Carnegie

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

—Dale Carnegie

all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon—instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

—Dale Carnegie

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.

—Dale Carnegie

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

—Dale Carnegie

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It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of.

—Randy K. Milholland

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The world is disgracefully managed; one hardly knows to whom to complain.

—Ronald Firbank

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I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.

Jews and blacks come from the same history.… We've just expressed our suffering differently as people. Blacks developed the blues. Jews complain; we just never thought of putting it to music.

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Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.