"You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself."
Dale Carnegie
Author, Speaker
Dale Carnegie was a pioneering author and lecturer known for his work on personal development and effective communication, particularly through 'How to Win Friends and Influence People.'
- Born
- November 24, 1888
- Died
- November 1, 1955
- Quotes
- 401
- Rank
- #322
Quote collection
Dale Carnegie quotes (page 2 of 21)
401 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing."
"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing."
"Life truly is a boomerang. What you give, you get."
"If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive."
"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."
"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
"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."
"I want you to think of your life as an hourglass. You know there are thousands of grains of sand in the top of the hourglass; and they all pass slowly and evenly through the narrow neck in the middle. Nothing you or I could do would make more than one grain of sand pass through this narrow neck without impairing the hourglass. You and I and everyone else are like this hourglass."
"Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto."
"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."
"Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do."
"One of the worst features about worrying is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. When we worry, our minds jump here and there and everywhere, and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminate all those vague imaginings and put ourselves in a position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem."
"Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation."
"Applause is a receipt, not a bill."
"When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade."
"Everybody in the world is seeking happiness - and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions."
"Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience."
"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."
"Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success."