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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.

— Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)

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Many people get a sense of savage satisfaction out of denouncing those who are better educated than they are or more successful.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

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The average person is more interested in their own name than in all the other names in the world put together.

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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

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You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years by making them interested in you.

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