Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and…

Dale Carnegie
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Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise. ✨ Dale Carnegie (1982). How To Win Friends And Influence People, p.227, Simon and Schuster
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