Quotes from Dale Carnegie

The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson Don't give up in the middle!

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

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 it.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.

Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

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.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

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

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.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.

Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?

Our thoughts make us what we are.

Knowledge isn't power until it is applied.

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 grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?

the best possible way to prepare for tomorrow is to concentrate with all your intelligence, all your enthusiasm, on doing today's work superbly today. That is the only possible way you can prepare for the future.

No matter what happens, always be yourself.

Two men looked out from prison bars, One saw the mud, the other saw stars.