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“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.” -Dale Carnegie Quotes & Wisdom- “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. -Dale Carnegie Quotes & Wisdom- “Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.” -Dale Carnegie Quotes & Wisdom- |
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Dale Carnegie Quotes How to Win Friends
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.”
d they'll listen for hours.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?"
Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“To be interesting, be interested.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it. Avoid it as you would avoid rattlesnakes and earthquakes.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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. “To know all is to forgive all.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Once I did bad and that I heard ever. Twice I did good, but that I heard never.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Winning friends begins with friendliness.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“John Wanamaker, founder of the stores that bear his name, once confessed: "I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.”
d they'll listen for hours.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?"
Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“To be interesting, be interested.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it. Avoid it as you would avoid rattlesnakes and earthquakes.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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. “To know all is to forgive all.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Once I did bad and that I heard ever. Twice I did good, but that I heard never.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Winning friends begins with friendliness.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
“John Wanamaker, founder of the stores that bear his name, once confessed: "I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes how to win friends-
Dale Carnegie Quotes On Public Speaking
“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.”
-Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “The first sign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and act great. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assures us, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “Blacksmiths sometimes twist a rope tight around the nose of a horse, and by thus inflicting a little pain they distract his attention from the shoeing process. One way to get air out of a glass is to pour in water. Be Absorbed by Your Subject” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “Monotony reveals our limitations.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “Apply the blacksmith's homely principle when you are speaking. If you feel deeply about your subject you will be able to think of little else. Concentration is a process of distraction from less important matters. It is too late to think about the cut of your coat when once you are upon the platform, so centre your interest on what you are about to say—fill your mind with your speech-material and, like the infilling water in the glass, it will drive out your unsubstantial fears.” --Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “They that soar too high, often fall hard, making a low and level Dwelling preferable. The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. Buildings have need of a good Foundation, that lie so much exposed to the Weather.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “A blow that would kill a civilized man soon heals on a savage. The higher we go in the scale of life, the greater is the capacity for suffering.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will. -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- Rid yourself of this I-am-a-poor-worm-in-the-dust idea. You are a god, with infinite capabilities. "All things are ready if the mind be so." The eagle looks the cloudless sun in the face.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “TRUE WORTH is in BEING—NOT SEEMING—in doing each day that goes by SOME LITTLE GOOD, not in DREAMING of GREAT THINGS to do by and by. For whatever men say in their BLINDNESS, and in spite of the FOLLIES of YOUTH, there is nothing so KINGLY as KINDNESS, and nothing so ROYAL as TRUTH.—Anonymous.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “A watch manufacturer in New York tried out two series of watch advertisements; one argued the superior construction, workmanship, durability, and guarantee offered with the watch; the other was headed, "A Watch to be Proud of," and dwelt upon the pleasure and pride of ownership. The latter series sold twice as many as the former. A salesman for a locomotive works informed the writer that in selling railroad engines emotional appeal was stronger than an argument based on mechanical excellence.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “Practise, practise, PRACTISE in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practise in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est præparatio diligens—In all matters before beginning a diligent preparation should be made.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “Concentration is a process of distraction from less important matters. It” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “All things are ready if the mind be so.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “The world owes its progress to the men who have dared,” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “The baseball pitcher, the bowler in cricket, the tennis server, all know the value of change of pace—change of tempo—in delivering their ball, and so must the public speaker observe its power.” Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “There are a great many “wetless” bathing suits worn at the seashore, but no one ever learns to swim in them. To plunge is the only way.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- “The gun that scatters too much does not bag the birds.” -Dale Carnegie quotes on speaking- |
Dale Carnegie Top 10 Quotes
“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.
-Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes “Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes “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.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes- “Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes- “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.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes- “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes- “Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes- “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes- “Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.” -Dale Carnegie top 10 quotes- Dale Carnegie Quotes Giving
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.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving- 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. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- The value of a smile... It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it, and none so poor but are richer for its benefits. It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- 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 will tend to take care of themselves. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- 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. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- 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. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity. -Dale Carnegie quotes giving- |
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.
A smile is nature's best antidote for discouragement. It brings rest to the weary, sunshine to those who are frowning, and hope to those who are hopeless and defeated. A smile is so valuable that it can't be bought, begged, borrowed, or taken away against your will. You have to be willing to give a smile away before it can do anyone else any good. So if someone is too tired or grumpy to flash you a smile, let him have one of yours anyway. Nobody needs a smile as much as the person who has none to give.
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. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
I once succumbed to the fad of fasting and went for six days and nights without eating. It wasn't difficult. I was less hungry at the end of the sixth day than I was at the end of the second. Yet I know, as you know, people who would think they had committed a crime if they let their families or employees go for six days without food; but they will let them go for six days, and six weeks, and sometimes sixty years without giving them the hearty appreciation that they crave almost as much as they crave food.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to his opinion, to let him sustain his feeling of importance.
Give your problem all the thought you possibly can before a solution is reached. But when the matter is settled and over with, worry not at all.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
A smile is nature's best antidote for discouragement. It brings rest to the weary, sunshine to those who are frowning, and hope to those who are hopeless and defeated. A smile is so valuable that it can't be bought, begged, borrowed, or taken away against your will. You have to be willing to give a smile away before it can do anyone else any good. So if someone is too tired or grumpy to flash you a smile, let him have one of yours anyway. Nobody needs a smile as much as the person who has none to give.
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. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
I once succumbed to the fad of fasting and went for six days and nights without eating. It wasn't difficult. I was less hungry at the end of the sixth day than I was at the end of the second. Yet I know, as you know, people who would think they had committed a crime if they let their families or employees go for six days without food; but they will let them go for six days, and six weeks, and sometimes sixty years without giving them the hearty appreciation that they crave almost as much as they crave food.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to his opinion, to let him sustain his feeling of importance.
Give your problem all the thought you possibly can before a solution is reached. But when the matter is settled and over with, worry not at all.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-
Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get.
-Dale Carnegie quotes giving-