Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.
Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books.
One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people’s behavior by changing one’s behavior toward them.
Read below inspiring Quotes of Dale Carnegie.
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.
Success is getting what you want.. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain–and most do.But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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.
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.
Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that 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.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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.
When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.
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.
Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
Even god doesn’t propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
No matter what happens, always be yourself.
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.
Let’s not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember “Life is too short to be little”.
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.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said.
If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.
You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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.
Two men looked out from prison bars, One saw the mud, the other saw stars.
You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing
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.
All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.
By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.
