Quotes from Dale Carnegie

Your smile is a messenger of your goodwill.

(A smile) costs nothing, but creates much.

The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don't lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.

Take a chance! All life is a chance

When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.

Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.

Everyday is a new life to a wise man.

Knowledge isn't power until it is applied.

Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.

Let's fill our minds with thoughts of peace, courage, health, and hope, for "our life is what our thoughts make it."

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

Don't fuss about trifles. Don't permit little things-the mere termites of life-to ruin your happiness.

I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.

Almost all the progress ever made in human thought has been made by the Doubting Thomas's, the questioners, the challengers, the show-me crowd.

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?

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

Enthusiasm is that ingredient of vitality mixed with a firm belief in what you are doing that ensures the success of any project you undertake.

Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer.

If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.