"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."

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"As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note."

Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet

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"Everybody likes a compliment."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

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"For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction."

Georg Simmel, German Sociologist

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"Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment."

Tony Robbins, American Author

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"It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

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"I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district."

Lucille Roybal Allard, American Politician

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"I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note."

Jim Evans, American Athlete

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"The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle."

Linus Torvalds, Finnish Businessman

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Explore more quotes by Dale Carnegie

"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep."

Wisdom

"Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire."

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"I don't blame you one iota for feeling as you do. If I were you I would undoubtedly feel just as you do.'(...) You can say that and be 100 percent sincere, because if you were the other person you, of course, would feel just as he does (...) Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind (...) Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was - and where he was. For it is those things - and only those things - that made him what he was. (...) You deserve very little credit for being what you are - and remember, the people who come to you irritated, bigoted, unreasoning, deserve very little discredit for being what they are."

Empathy

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

Courage

"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge."

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"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

Courage

"Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still."

Creativity

"You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."

Strength

"Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."

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"When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade."

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