Dale Carnegie Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. – Dale Carnegie

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

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others. – Dale Carnegie

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

If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget. – Dale Carnegie

Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. – Dale Carnegie

We move toward what we picture in our minds. – Dale Carnegie

The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself. – Dale Carnegie

Stop worrying and start living. – Dale Carnegie

Your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our thoughts we can change our lives. – Dale Carnegie

Patience and perseverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong.

Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving. – Dale Carnegie

You can get ahead in the world. But you will have to work, you will have to want tremendously to accomplish something, and then be willing to pay the price. Are you willing? – Dale Carnegie

Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. – Dale Carnegie

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself. – Dale Carnegie

Learning is an active process. We learn by doing… Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind. – Dale Carnegie

Believe that you will succeed, and you will. – Dale Carnegie

If you must make a mistake, make a new one each time. – Dale Carnegie

When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don’t keep putting off decisions. – Dale Carnegie

People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves – morning, noon and after dinner. – Dale Carnegie

Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied. – Dale Carnegie

Believe you will be successful and you will. – Dale Carnegie

When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain. – Dale Carnegie

If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people. – Dale Carnegie

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. – Dale Carnegie

If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget. – Dale Carnegie

Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away. – Dale Carnegie

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. – Dale Carnegie

No matter what happens, always be yourself. – Dale Carnegie

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing. – Dale Carnegie

Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do. – Dale Carnegie

If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable. – Dale Carnegie

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. – Dale Carnegie

Find yourself and be yourself: Remember, there is no one else on earth like you. – Dale Carnegie

If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will. – Dale Carnegie

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. – Dale Carnegie

Never before, since the beginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again. – Dale Carnegie

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

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

Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind. – Dale Carnegie

Big shots are only little shots who kept on shooting. – Dale Carnegie

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

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

Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. – Dale Carnegie

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping. – Dale Carnegie

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

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear. – Dale Carnegie

If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. – Dale Carnegie

We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do. – Dale Carnegie

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. – Dale Carnegie

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. – Dale Carnegie

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do. – Dale Carnegie

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

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. – Dale Carnegie

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

All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare. – Dale Carnegie

Rule number one: Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain. – Dale Carnegie

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you. – Dale Carnegie

You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you. – Dale Carnegie

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. – Dale Carnegie

Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view. – Dale Carnegie

Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said. – Dale Carnegie

Remember happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. – Dale Carnegie

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible. – Dale Carnegie

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

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars. – Dale Carnegie

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

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

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

Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. – Dale Carnegie

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

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. – Dale Carnegie

To be interesting, be interested. – Dale Carnegie

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. – Dale Carnegie

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.– Dale Carnegie

Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.– Dale Carnegie

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave. – Dale Carnegie

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. – Dale Carnegie

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

Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude – Dale Carnegie

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

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

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

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic – Dale Carnegie

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

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

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping . – Dale Carnegie

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

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

Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind. – Dale Carnegie

For better or worse, you must play your own instrument in the orchestra of life. – Dale Carnegie

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

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. – Dale Carnegie

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. – Dale Carnegie

Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you. – Dale Carnegie

Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.