Dale Carnegie Quotes

Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.

Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.

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

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.

Everyone should have a deep-seated interest or hobby to enrich his mind, add zest to living, and perhaps, depending upon what it is, result in a service to his country.

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decisions.

Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

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

Try honest to see things from the other person's point of view.

I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.

One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner.

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

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

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

No matter what happens, always be yourself.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

Let's fight for our happiness by following a daily program of cheerful and constructive thinking.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.

Everyday is a new life to a wise man.

So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.

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.

Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to.�

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.

You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.

If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it.

Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.

Mix judgement with ambition and season it with energy. It makes a splendid recipe for success.

Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.

Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt.

People aren't interested in you. They're interested in themselves

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error

If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends, real friends, are not made that way.

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success

To be interesting, be interested.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

If we speak poorly about that which we do well... people will assume we perform poorly!

STOP AND LOOK out the window and see how beautiful the world is. It is there-enjoy it. Go out tonight and look up at the stars. They are the wonders of nature

Develop success from failures.

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

Confusion is the main cause of worry

I wasn't interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors.