Dale Carnegie
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Biography
Dale Carnegie was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a bestseller that remains popular today.
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."
"Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success."
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
"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 it."
"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."
"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."
"You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing."
"Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you."
"Success is getting what you want..Happiness is wanting what you get."
"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity."
"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing."
"Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions."
"Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think."
"A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still"
"you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry"
"Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto."
"Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success."
"there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it ."
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
"If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will."
"You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It’s easy"
"Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed."
"When fate hands us a lemon, lets try to make lemonade."
"Monotony is poverty, whether in speech or in life."