Best Dale Carnegie Quotes
Dale Carnegie was an American lecturer as well as author. He was the developer of some of the popular programs in salesmanship, self-improvement, public speaking, interpersonal skills as well as corporate training. Below is a list of some of the best quotes by Dale Carnegie.
- “Remember happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think” - Dale Carnegie
- “Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude” - 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 never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires.” - 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
- “Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic” - Dale Carnegie
- “Names are the sweetest, most important sound in any language.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” - Dale Carnegie
- “By fighting, you never get enough – but by yielding, you get more than you expected.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment” - 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
- “First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.” - 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
- “There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date.” - Dale Carnegie
- “To be interesting, be interested.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said.” - 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
- “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
- “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
- “Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire” - Dale Carnegie
- “The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simply. 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
- “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
- “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
- “Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurt his sense of importance and arouses resentment.” - Dale Carnegie
- “The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .” - 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
- “For better or worse, you must play your own instrument in the orchestra of life.” - 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
- “The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener – a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible” - 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
- “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
- “You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Winning friends begins with friendliness.” - Dale Carnegie
- “The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.” - 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
- “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
- “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” - 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 it.” - 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
- “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
- “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
- “Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy” - Dale Carnegie
- “If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.” - Dale Carnegie
- “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
- “Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.” - 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
- “When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” - Dale Carnegie
- “Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.” - Dale Carnegie
- “The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.” - Dale Carnegie
Exceeding were few of the memorable quotes by Dale Carnegie, we hope that you must have enjoyed reading them. If you have more quotes by Dale Carnegie, do share them with us through your comments.
