Quotes from Dale Carnegie

Os homens devem ser ensinados como se não fossem ensinados, e o desconhecido, proposto como se fosse algo esquecido.

We sometimes find ourselves changing our minds without any resistance or heavy emotion, but if we are told we are wrong, we resent the imputation and harden our hearts.

White is willing to meet them halfway

Let's not imitate others. Let's find ourselves and be ourselves.

He backed away and so did she.

Arrogance takes many forms.

Get the facts. Analyze the facts. Arrive at a decision—and then act on that decision.

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.

it is a good thing to have to endure an agonizing experience occasionally. It is good to know that we have hit bottom and survived. That makes all our daily problems seem easy by comparison.

I want you to think of your life as an hourglass. You know there are thousands of grains of sand in the top of the hourglass; and they all pass slowly and evenly through the narrow neck in the middle. Nothing you or I could do would make more than one grain of sand pass through this narrow neck without impairing the hourglass. You I and everyone else are like this hourglass. When

Employees stay twice as long, sick days have dropped, and morale is higher.

Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was—and where he was. For it is those things— and only those things—that made him what he was. The only reason, for example, that you are not a rattlesnake is that your mother and father weren't rattlesnakes.

Be sincere. Do not promise anything that you cannot deliver. Be empathetic. Ask yourself what it is the other person really wants.

I often went fishing up in Maine during the summer. Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or a grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?

The difference, as they say, is in the details—the often subtle details of your daily interactions.

woke up to the nightmare that she'd betrayed the man of her dreams.

what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Aren't we all like that battling giant of the forest? Don't we manage somehow to survive the rare storms and avalanches and lightning blasts of life, only to let our hearts be eaten out by little beetles of worry—little beetles that could be crushed between a finger and a thumb?

casi todas las personas son tan felices como se deciden a serlo.

Anne's mistake was not without consequence, but in admitting the mistake and seeking forgiveness, she allowed room for a

The world-famous scientist, Dr Alexis Carrel, said: "Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate." So why not make use of it? Call it God or Allah or Spirit—why quarrel with definitions as long as the mysterious powers of nature take us in hand?

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Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic. by Dale Carnegie

People are so proud of their names that they strive to perpetuate them at any cost.