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Quotes by Dale Carnegie - (38 quotes)

Dale Carnegie - From the Character category:

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Communication category:

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious – because the obvious is what people need to be told. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Communication category:

Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Complaining category:

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember, 'Life is too short to be little.' (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Difficulty category:

When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Ego category:

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Enthusiasm category:

Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Exhaustion category:

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Failure category:

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

Dale Carnegie - From the Fear category:

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. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Fun category:

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Happiness category:

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Happiness category:

Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Importance category:

The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Interest category:

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. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Knowledge category:

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

Dale Carnegie - From the Life category:

You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Listening category:

Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Mistakes category:

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

Dale Carnegie - From the Patriotism category:

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Peace category:

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Perseverance category:

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. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Possessions category:

Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Power category:

Knowledge isn't power until it is applied. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Preparation category:

The best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today's work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Recognition category:

One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Repetition category:

Tell the audience what you're going to say. Say it. Then tell them what you've said. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Risk category:

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The person who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Risk category:

The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Sleep category:

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Success category:

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Thinking category:

Happiness isn't about who you are or what you have, it depends solely on how you think. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Thought category:

Our thoughts make us what we are. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Windows category:

We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Wisdom category:

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Work category:

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. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Work category:

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. (Dale Carnegie)

Dale Carnegie - From the Worry category:

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. (Dale Carnegie)