Dale Carnegie Quotes

American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)

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Dale Harbison Carnegie [originally Carnagey until 1919] (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer, lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln, entitled Lincoln the Unknown, as well as several other books.

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Birth Name: Dale Arley Carnegey

Native Name: Dale Arley Carnegie

Alternative Names: Dale Breckenridge Carnegie • Dale Harbison Carnagey • Dale Harbison Carnegie • Dale Carnagey

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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.

If you want to know how to make people shun you and laugh at you behind your back and even despise you, here is the recipe: Never listen to anyone for long. Talk incessantly about yourself. If you have an idea while the other person is talking, don’t wait for him or her to finish: bust right in and interrupt in the middle of a sentence.

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

You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing

Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

Buddha said: ‘Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love,’ and a misunderstanding is never ended by an argument but by tact, diplomacy, conciliation and a sympathetic desire to see the other person’s viewpoint.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

If you want to be enthusiastic,
act enthusiastic.

إذا كنت تعاني من مشكلة تقلق , عليك تطبيق وصفة ويليس كارير : 1- اسأل نفسك : ما أسوء شي يمكن أن يحدث ؟ 2- قم بإعداد نفسك إذا لزم الأمر 3- ثم حاول بهدوء تحسين الصورة إلى الأفضل

The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.

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

about 15 percent of one’s financial success is due to one’s technical knowledge and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering — to personality and the ability to lead people.

We are gods in the chrysalis.

القلق هو الدوران في حلقة مفرغة في حالة خروج عن العقل

Be ‘hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise,’ and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime – repeat them years after you have forgotten them.