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41 " I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him, but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime. "
― Dale Carnegie , How to Win Friends and Influence People
42 " Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. "
43 " I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody. "
44 " To be interesting, be interested. "
45 " Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language. "
46 " All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory. "
47 " If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive "
48 " Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. “To know all is to forgive all. "
49 " criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment. "
50 " 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. "
51 " By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected. "
52 " Once I did bad and that I heard ever. Twice I did good, but that I heard never. "
53 " Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind. "
54 " arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way. "
55 " Winning friends begins with friendliness. "
56 " A barber lathers a man before he shaves him. "
57 " Control your temper. Remember, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry. "
58 " 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. "
59 " The world is full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. "
60 " We are interested in others when they are interested in us. "