Dale Carnegie Quotations

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

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

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

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

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

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.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

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

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.

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

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

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.

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.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

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.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

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.

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

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.

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

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.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious / because the obvious is what people need to be told.

Keep on raging - to stop the aging.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in the English language.

The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger (praise) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.

Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

There is no such thing as constructive criticism.

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

Develop success from failures.

Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation. You and I may soon forger the words of encouragement and appreciation that we utter now, but the person to whom we have spoken them may treasure them and repeat them to themselves over a lifetime

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.

Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.

Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, "How can I make this person want to do it?

So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their accomplishments

If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.

An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

The value of a smile... It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its benefits. It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.

Avoid Arguments Like Rattlesnakes And Earthquakes

When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is.

Believe you will be successful and you will.

One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to his opinion, to let him sustain his feeling of importance.

History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.

By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment.

Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.

If you got it, ask yourself why and try to repeat the action. If you failed, ask yourself why and try to learn from the experience.

Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.

I wasn't interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.

By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.

Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.

Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.

If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.

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.