Dale Carnegie Quotes

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

  Dale Carnegie

  Success   Fear   People  

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

  Dale Carnegie

  Failure   Thinking   People  

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• Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

  Dale Carnegie

  Names   Important   Sound  

  Dale Carnegie, J. Oliver Crom, Michael A. Crom (2003). “The Sales Advantage: How to Get It, Keep It, and Sell More Than Ever”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.

  Dale Carnegie

  Dog   I Like You   You Make Me Happy  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.62, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

  Dale Carnegie

  Influencing People   Ifs   Win Friends And Influence People  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.120, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.

  Dale Carnegie

  Leader   Increase   Percent  

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• If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.

  Dale Carnegie

  Appreciation   People   Giving  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.29, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Do you know the most important trait a man can have? It is not executive ability; it is not a great mentality; it is not kindliness, nor courage, nor a sense of humor, though each of these is of tremendous importance. In my opinion, it is the ability to make friends, which, boiled down, means the ability to see the best in man.

  Dale Carnegie

  Mean   Men   Important  

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

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational   Success   Encouraging  

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• Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life   Work   Mean  

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• 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!

  Dale Carnegie

  Wings   Worry   May  

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• We can all endure disaster and tragedy, and triumph over them-if we have to. We may not think we can, but we have surprisingly strong inner resources that will see us through if we will only make use of them. We are stronger than we think.

  Dale Carnegie

  Strong   Thinking   Tragedy  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.77, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Remember that unjust critisism is often a disquised compliment.

  Dale Carnegie

  Success   Giving Up   Fear  

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• Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it.

  Dale Carnegie

  Your Smile  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.67, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Let's fight for our happiness by following a daily program of cheerful and constructive thinking.

  Dale Carnegie

  Motivational   Fighting   Thinking  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.106, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.

  Dale Carnegie

  Enemy   Want   Influencing People  

  Dale Carnegie, General Press (2016). “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, p.132, GENERAL PRESS

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• Talk to anyone about himself positively and he'll listen without interruption.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life And Love   Interruptions   Positively  

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• You and I are standing this very second at the meeting place of two eternities: the vast past that has endured forever, and the future that is plunging on to the last syllable of recorded time. We can't possible live in either of those eternities - no, not even for a split second. But, by trying to do so, we can wreck both our bodies and our minds. So let's be content to live the only time we can possible live: from now until bedtime.

  Dale Carnegie

  Future   Past   Two  

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational   Happiness   Fashion  

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• Become genuinely interested in other people.

  Dale Carnegie

  People   Influencing People   Win Friends And Influence People  

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was. . . . For it is those things - and only those things - that made him what he was. . . . You deserve very little credit for being what you are - and remember, the people who come to you irritated, bigoted, unreasoning, deserve very little discredit for being what they are.

  Dale Carnegie

  Humility   People   Mind  

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• One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life   Procrastination   Garden  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.22, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• 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.

  Dale Carnegie

  Vitality   Enthusiasm   Ingredients  

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

  Dale Carnegie

  Lots Of Money  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.2, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• You can't get anywhere in this world without wanting to do something.

  Dale Carnegie

  World   This World  

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• 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.

  Dale Carnegie

  Mistake   Giving   Feelings  

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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• 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?

  Dale Carnegie

  Jesus   Book   Ideas  

  Newsweek, August 08, 1955.

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

  Dale Carnegie

  Thinking   Ideas   Why Not  

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.49, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

  Dale Carnegie

  Time   Horse   Kings  

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

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• Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

  Dale Carnegie

  Flattery   Trouble   Counterfeit Money  

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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