Dale Carnegie Quotes

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

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

Put a 'stop-loss' order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth- and refuse to give it any more.

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.

Our mental attitude is the x factor that determines our fate.

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.

Winning friends begins with friendliness.

If you have worries, there is no better way to eliminate them than by walking them off. Just take them out for a walk. They may take wings and fly away!

When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.

Enthusiasm is that ingredient of vitality mixed with a firm belief in what you are doing that ensures the success of any project you undertake.

If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.

Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.

People like people who help them like themselves.

Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.

Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.

An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers.

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

By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.

Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."

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?

Stop worrying and start living.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving.

People do things for "their" reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.

Each party should gain from the negotiation.

Our thoughts make us what we are.

There is no such thing as constructive criticism.

Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

Once I did bad and that I heard ever. Twice I did good, but that I heard never.

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

If you have some idea you believe in, don't listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you.

Talk in terms of the other person's interests.

All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.

The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.

Make a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you've paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he, to some extent, likes you.

Do the very best you can.

Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.

A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there.

Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.

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

Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal.

Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead log.

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable.

Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.

Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint.

We move toward what we picture in our minds.