Dale Carnegie Quotes

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.

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.

No matter what happens, always be yourself.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success.

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.

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

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

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

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?

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.

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.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

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

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

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

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.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

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 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?

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

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.

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

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

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

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

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.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.

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

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

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.

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.

Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.

Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy.

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. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.

One of the most appalling comments on our present way of life is that half of all the beds in our hospitals are reserved for patients with nervous and mental troubles, patients who have collapsed under the crushing burden of accumulated yesterdays and fearful tomorrows. Yet a vast majority of those people would be walking the streets today, leading happy, useful lives, if they had only heeded the words of Jesus: Have no anxiety about the morrow; or the words of Sir William Osler; Live in day-tight compartments.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

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

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

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

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