Quotes from Dale Carnegie

There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

The only way on Earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.

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 will tend to take care of themselves.

You can get ahead in the world. But you will have to work, you will have to want tremendously to accomplish something, and then be willing to pay the price. Are you willing?

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

If you want to be happy, set yourself a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. Happiness is within you. It comes from doing some certain thing into which you can put all your thought and energy. If you want to be happy, get enthusiastic about something.

When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is?

Live in day-tight compartments.

All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.

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

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.

'Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars ... or your two legs ... or your hands ... or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry

When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.

Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.

This is a hurried age we're living in. If you've got anything to say, say it quickly, get to the point and stop, and give the other man a chance to talk.

An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."

All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.

The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.