

“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.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People

“By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People

“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.”
― How To Win Friends and Influence People
― How To Win Friends and Influence People

“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.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People

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