Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

24-Nov-1888


United States


Author

Born into poverty on November 24, 1888, in Maryville, Missouri, Dale Carnegie worked as a traveling salesman before teaching speaking at the YMCA. His self-help book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, gained him a national follower and allowed him to expand the Dale Carnegie Institute abroad. He died in 1955 in Queens, New York.

QUOTES BY 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.

"Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?"

"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."

"The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back"

"People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's going or not realize that moviemaking is the greatest thing to happen to me?"

"If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance."

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today."

"Really important goals are accomplished by people who will keep trying even when there seems to be no hope."

"The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger (praise) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies"

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