Quotes by Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer

Lived from: 1888 - 1955

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 24 november 1888 Died: 1 november 1955

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
  • 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.
  • Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.
  • The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
  • 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.
  • The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
  • Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The “sure thing” boat never gets far from shore.
  • The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
  • Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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  • I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.
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  • Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
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  • Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
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  • All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.
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  • Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
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  • 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.
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  • Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.
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  • 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.
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  • Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
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  • 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.
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  • Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?
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  • 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 tend to take care of themselves.
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  • Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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  • Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
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  • First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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  • Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
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  • Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
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  • If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
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  • If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Dale Carnegie?

The two most famous quotes from Dale Carnegie are:

  • "I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told."
  • "Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do."

When did Dale Carnegie live?

Dale Carnegie was born in 1888 and died in the year 1955.