Quotes by Dale Carnegie

By becoming interested in the cause, we are less likely to dislike the effect.

As much as we seek approval, we dread condemnation

By talking to yourself every hour of the day, you can direct yourself to think thoughts of courage and happiness, thoughts of power and peace. By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for, you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.

Why talk about what we want? That is childish. Absurd. Of course, you are interested in what you want. You are eternally interested in it. But no one else is. The rest of us are just like you: we are interested in what we want.

I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient words come. I will keep saying as if it were a ritual: He is nothing but a boy -- a little boy!

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If youwant to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.

The firstsign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and actgreat. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assuresus, you must not look too good nor talk too wise.

We are gods in the chrysalis.

SMILE!!!!! TODAY is the TOMORROW you worried about YESTERDAY

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.

If you cant sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. Its the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

I dont blame you one iota for feeling as you do. If I were you I would undoubtedly feel just as you do.(...) You can say that and be 100 percent sincere, because if you were the other person you, of course, would feel just as he does (...) Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind (...) Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was - and where he was. For it is those things -and only those things - that made him what he was. (...) You deserve very little credit for being what you are - and remember, the people who come to you irritated, bigoted, unreasoning, deserve very little discredit for being what they are.

Once you take the time to consider the other persons perspective, you will become sympathetic to his feel ins and ideas. You will be able to authentically and honestly say, I dont blame you for feeling as you do. If I were in your position, I would feel just as you do.

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

Many people begin their criticism with sincere praise followed by the word but, which signals that the criticism is about to begin. This may make the listener questions the sincerity of the praise. Use and instead, and provide constructive advice rather than criticism. this is possibly the most effective ways to address an issue in written form without seeming false in your praise.

Lets realise that criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home. Lets realise that the person we are going to correct and condemn will probably justify himself o herself, and condemn us in return.

If you want to conquer fear, dont sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Even god doesnt propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?