Dale Carnegie Quotes

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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?.. view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it.. view

By: Dale Carnegie

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident... view

By: Dale Carnegie

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have.. view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

Applause is a receipt, not a bill... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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... view

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie

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

By: Dale Carnegie