Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnegiewas 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, a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Lincoln the Unknown, and several other books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 November 1888
CityMaryville, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
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.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.
If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.
Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.
Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.
By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.
I wasn't interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.
Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.
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.
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.
Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.