Famous quotes by »

Dale Carnegie

Add a biography for this author »

1 fan

Sort by:PopularityA - Z

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Big shots are only little shots who kept on shooting.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

Rate it:

One of the most appalling comments on our present way of life is that half of all the beds in our hospitals are reserved for patients with nervous and mental troubles, patients who have collapsed under the crushing burden of accumulated yesterdays and fearful tomorrows. Yet a vast majority of those people would be walking the streets today, leading happy, useful lives, if they had only heeded the words of Jesus: "Have no anxiety about the morrow"; or the words of Sir William Osler; "Live in day-tight compartments.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

One of the most 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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have it depends solely upon what you think.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

– Dale Carnegie

Rate 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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson Don’t give up in the middle!

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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 all, but our hate is turning our own days and nights into a hellish turmoil.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

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

Rate it:

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

Rate it:

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

– Dale Carnegie

Rate it:

Share your thoughts on Dale Carnegie's quotes with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Quote of the Day Today's Quote | Archive

Would you like us to send you a FREE inspiring quote delivered to your inbox daily?

Citation

Use the citation below to add this author page to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Dale Carnegie Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 30 Jan. 2025. <https://www.quotes.net/authors/Dale+Carnegie+Quotes>.

Missing a quote of Dale Carnegie?

Know another good quote of Dale Carnegie? Don't keep it to yourself!

The Web's Largest Resource for

Famous Quotes & Sayings

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Books related to

Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie Box Set - Complete 6 books
from $31.42
How to Win Friends & Influence People
from $15.72
How to Win Friends & Influence People
$9.99

from $1.95
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
from $2.60
The Best of Dale Carnegie
$34.44

from $24.91

Our favorite collection of

Famous Authors

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1917 - 1963
Al Capone
1899 - 1947
George Washington
1732 - 1799
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817
Vincent Van Gogh
1853 - 1890
Blaise Pascal
1623 - 1662
Winston Churchill
1874 - 1965

Browse Quotes.net

#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Random New Quotes

Quiz

Are you a quotes master?

"Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

A Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

B The Princess Bride

C The Wizard of Oz

D It's a Wonderful Life