Quotes By Dale Carnegie

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.

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

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

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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.

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

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

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