Dale Carnegie

50 quotes

"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."

Dale Carnegie

"When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade."

Dale Carnegie

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."

Dale Carnegie

"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."

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you."

Dale Carnegie

"Act as if you were already happy, and that will tend to make you happy."

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

"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."

Dale Carnegie

"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."

Dale Carnegie

"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."

Dale Carnegie

"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."

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

"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 tend to take care of themselves."

Dale Carnegie

"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do."

Dale Carnegie

"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you."

Dale Carnegie

"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

"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do."

Dale Carnegie

"If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance."

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most do."

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."

Dale Carnegie

"You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."

Dale Carnegie