Dale Carnegie Quotes

A drop of honey can catch more flies than a gallon of gall.

The average person is more interested in their own name than in all the other names in the world put together.

You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years by making them interested in you.

I often went fishing up in Maine during the summer. 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?

Here is one of the best bits of advice every given about the fine art of human relationships. "If there is any one secret of success," says Henry Ford, "it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own."

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. How about the time you gave a large contribution to the Red Cross? Yes, that is no exception to the rule. You gave the Red Cross the donation because you wanted to lend a helping hand; you wanted to do a beautiful, unselfish, divine act.

Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, "...and speak all the good I know of everybody." Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. "A great man shows his greatness," says Carlyle, "by the way he treats little men."

Monotony is poverty, whether in speech or in life.

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

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

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

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

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.

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