Quotes from Dale Carnegie

Think," said Dante, "that this day will never dawn again." Life is slipping away with incredible speed. We are racing through space at the rate of nineteen miles every second. Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

When you have said "No," all your pride of personality demands that you remain consistent with yourself. You may later feel that the "No" was ill-advised; nevertheless, there is your precious pride to consider! Once having said a thing, you feel you must stick to it.

When the old-time lover proposed to his sweetheart, did he just use words of love? No! He went down on his knees. That really showed he meant what he said. We don't propose on our knees any more, but many suitors still set up a romantic atmosphere before they pop the question

We can't all be captains; we've got to be crew. There's something for all of us here. There's big work to do and there's lesser to do and the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail, if you can't be the sun, be a star; it isn't by the size that you win or you fail, be the best of whatever you are!

15 per cent of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge and about 85 per cent is due to skill in human engineering

Um grande homem demonstra sua grandeza pela forma como trata os pequenos", disse o filósofo escocês Thomas Carlyle.

But it is not only the messages going out at 140 characters or less that are at risk of signifying nothing. Any medium carrying a message that lacks meaning will fall short of its intention: a television ad, a department memo, a client email, a birthday card.

Buda dijo: "El odio nunca es vencido por el odio sino por el amor"

admitamos rápidamente y con entusiasmo el error.

En paz o en guerra, la principal diferencia entre el modo de pensar bueno y el malo radica en esto: el buen pensar examina las causas y los efectos y lleva a proyectos lógicos y constructivos; el mal pensar conduce frecuentemente a la tensión y a la depresión nerviosa.

For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you."12

For life is too short to be little.

Without purpose, the days would have ended, as such days always end, in disintegration.

Lincoln guardou a carta pois aprendera, por meio de experiências amargas, que críticas duras e reprovações quase nunca geram algo de útil.

Amo meu trabalho de professor. Escrevi um livro chamado The Excitement of Teaching (A empolgação de lecionar). Ensinar sempre foi mais do que uma arte ou uma ocupação para mim; é uma paixão. Amo ensinar como um pintor ama pintar ou um cantor ama cantar. Antes de me levantar da cama de manhã, penso com muita alegria no meu primeiro grupo de alunos. Entusiasmo é um dos principais combustíveis para se alcançar o sucesso na vida.

If you had as much sense as a half-witted hummingbird, you would realize that I am interested in how big I am—not how big you are. All this talk about your enormous success makes me feel small and unimportant.]

Sigmund Freud dizia que tudo o que fazemos é provocado por duas causas: o impulso sexual e o desejo de ser grande.

get the other person's point of view and see things from his or her angle, as well as from our own.

Humility is not the personal discount that we must offer in the presence of others—against this old interpretation there has been a most healthy modern reaction. True humility any man who thoroughly knows himself must feel; but it is not a humility that assumes a worm-like meekness; it is rather a strong, vibrant prayer for greater power for service

Kaiser into a staunch friend, imagine what humility and praise can do for you and me in our daily

Below the bust are carved these wise words from General Obregon's philosophy: Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

To break the worry habit, here is Rule 1: Keep busy. The worried person must lose himself in action, lest he wither in despair.

Don't give up so easily. Stay the course. Despite what you've been told, you matter and you can accomplish something great.