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“The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”
Dale Carnegie
“If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.”
Dale Carnegie
“We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.”
Dale Carnegie
“There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.”
Dale Carnegie
“You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.”
Dale Carnegie
“You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.”
Dale Carnegie
“The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.”
Dale Carnegie
“The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.”
Dale Carnegie
“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.”
Dale Carnegie
“Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.”
Dale Carnegie
“Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.”
Dale Carnegie
“Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.”
Dale Carnegie
“If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.”
Dale Carnegie
“There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.”
Dale Carnegie
“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.”
John Barrymore
“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”
John Barrymore
“Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?”
John Barrymore
“Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.”
John Barrymore
“Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.”
John Barrymore
“The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good.”
John Barrymore
“In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.”
John Barrymore
“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.”
John Barrymore
“My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments.”
John Barrymore
“I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.”
John Barrymore
“You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.”
John Barrymore
“When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.”
John Barrymore
“You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.”
John Barrymore
“The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.”
John Barrymore
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”
Ludwig van Beethoven