Dale Carnegie

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.”

“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.”

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

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

“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 it.”

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

“Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”

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

“Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.”

“When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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 seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.”

“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.”

“Monotony is poverty, whether in speech or in life.”

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

“Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, "...and speak all the good I know of everybody." Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. "A great man shows his greatness," says Carlyle, "by the way he treats little men."”

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

“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. How about the time you gave a large contribution to the Red Cross? Yes, that is no exception to the rule. You gave the Red Cross the donation because you wanted to lend a helping hand; you wanted to do a beautiful, unselfish, divine act.”

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

“Here is one of the best bits of advice every given about the fine art of human relationships. "If there is any one secret of success," says Henry Ford, "it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own."”

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

“I often went fishing up in Maine during the summer. Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?”

“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.”

“You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years by making them interested in you.”

“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.”

“Looking at the other person’s point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed as manipulating that person so that he will do something that is only for your benefit and his detriment. Each party should gain from the negotiation.”

“If out of reading this book you get just one thing—an increased tendency to think always in terms of other people’s point of view, and see things from their angle—if you get that one thing out of this book, it may easily prove to be one of the building blocks of your career.”

“The average person is more interested in their own name than in all the other names in the world put together.”

“A drop of honey can catch more flies than a gallon of gall.”

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

“Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement.”

“By far the most vital lesson I have ever learned is the importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are. Our thoughts make us what we are.”

“Each time I spoke, I gained a little courage. It took a long while—but today I have more happiness than I ever dreamed possible. In rearing my own children, I have always taught them the lesson I had to learn from such bitter experience: No matter what happens, always be yourself!”

“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.”

“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.”

“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”

“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.”