Quotes from Dale Carnegie

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.

One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still

To be interesting, be interested.

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

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.

Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

If you got it, ask yourself why and try to repeat the action. If you failed, ask yourself why and try to learn from the experience.

An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be decided in the minds and hearts of his hearers.

Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter?

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

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

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember Life is too short to be little.