Dale Carnegie
American writer and lecturer, 1888-1955
44 quotes.
Quotes by Dale Carnegie
- A drop of honey can catch more flies than a gallon of gall.
- Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement.
- An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.
- Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
- Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
- Be hearty in your approbation and lavish with praise.
- 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.
- Count your blessings — not your troubles!
- Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
- Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
- Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
- 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.
- Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
- Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
- Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
- If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.
- If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.
- If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.
- Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
- 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.
- Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
- 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.
- Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
- Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them.
- 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.
- Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
- 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 blooming outside our windows today.
- People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
- Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
- Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
- Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
- Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.
- Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
- The average person is more interested in their own name than in all the other names in the world put together.
- The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
- The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
- When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.