Dale Carnegie Quotes

“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.”

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”

“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse-sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”

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

“Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars…or your two legs…or your hands…or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you’ll find you won’t sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them.”

“The most relaxing recreating forces are a healthy religion, sleep, music, and laughter. Have faith in God—learn to sleep well—Love good music—see the funny side of life—And health and happiness will be yours.”

“Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.”

“So, to prevent fatigue and worry, the first rule is: Rest often. Rest before you get tired.”

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

“If you have worries, there is no better way to eliminate them than by walking them off. Just take them out for a walk. They may take wings and fly away!”

“Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.”

“I wasn’t interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.”

“If a person will devote their time to securing facts in an impartial, objective way, their worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge”

“Almost all the progress ever made in human thought has been made by the Doubting Thomas’s, the questioners, the challengers, the show-me crowd.”

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

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

“Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”

“Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”

“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.”

“Put a ’stop-loss’ order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth - and refuse to give it any more.”

“Don’t fuss about trifles. Don’t permit little things - the mere termites of life - to ruin your happiness.”

“Live in day-tight compartments.”

“One of the 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 blooming outside our windows today.”

“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping.”

“If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I’ll tell you what you are.”

“The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don’t lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.”

“Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.”

“About 15 percent of one’s financial success is due to one’s technical knowledge and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering—to personality and the ability to lead people.”

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

“Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it. That is the quickest and surest way to conquer fear.”

“Fear is the result of a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence is the result of not knowing what you can do. A lack of knowing what you can do is caused by a lack of experience. A lack of experience is caused by a lack of doing something new.”

“Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealousy and envy.”

“One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work in the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.”

“If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.”

“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.”

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

“Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.”

“Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.”

“Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.”

“Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.”

“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.”

“The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great.”

“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.”

“We move toward what we picture in our minds.”

“An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.”

“By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.”

“The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.”