Dale Carnegie Quotes

confusion is the main cause of worry

His technique? Simple. If he didn’t hear the name distinctly, he said, “So sorry. I didn’t get the name clearly.” Then, if it was an unusual name, he would say, “How is it spelled?” During the conversation, he took the trouble to repeat the name several times, and tried to associate it in his mind with the person’s features, expression and general appearance. If the person was someone of importance, Napoleon went to even further pains. As soon as His Royal Highness was alone, he wrote the name down on a piece of paper, looked at it, concentrated on it, fixed it securely in his mind, and then tore up the paper. In this way, he gained an eye impression of the name as well as an ear impression.

" إن رجال الأعمال الذين لا يعرفون كيف يكافحون القلق يموتون مبكرا "
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In looking over a letter of one of his assistants, he would say, “Maybe if we were to phrase it this way it would be better.” He always gave people the opportunity to do things themselves; he never told his assistants to do things; he let them do them, let them learn from their mistakes.

there is no such thing as a neutral exchange. You leave someone either a little better or a little worse.

By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.

I had done my best, and that my lack of experience, not my lack of ability, was the reason for the failure.

I judge people by their own principles – not by my own.

Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

If a man will devote his time to securing facts in an impartial, objective way, his worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge.

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.

Today is life - the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto

Little phrases such as “I’m sorry to trouble you,” “Would you be so kind as to — ?” “Won’t you please?” “Would you mind?” “Thank you” — little courtesies like these oil the cogs of the monotonous grind of everyday life — and, incidentally, they are the hallmark of good breeding.

The expression one wears on one's face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one's back.

Shakespeare said, “Assume a virtue, if you have it not.