Quotes from Dale Carnegie

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

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

Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.

A boil on a man's neck is more important to him than 40 floods in India

People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.

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

STOP AND LOOK out the window and see how beautiful the world is. It is there-enjoy it. Go out tonight and look up at the stars. They are the wonders of nature

In order to make friends you must first be friendly

Patience and perserverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong.

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

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.

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

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

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.

If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable.

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

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

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 are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing

Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.