Quotes from Dale Carnegie

Act enthusiastic and you become enthusiastic.

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

You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

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

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.

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

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

we all have them. The difference is how we handle our challenges. To have less stress in your life - deal with your challenges!" Catherine Pulsifer "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

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.

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.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars ... or your two legs ... or your hands ... or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after 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 blooming outside our windows today.

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.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

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.

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

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

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge