Dale Carnegie Quotes

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If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

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Inspirational, Being Yourself, Finding Yourself

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Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

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Funny, Faith, Time

Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.372, Simon and Schuster

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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

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Confidence, Fear, Weight Loss

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.13, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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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.

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Confidence, Gratitude, Thinking

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If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.

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Doe, Remember, Never Forget

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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

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Relationship, Emotional, Remember You

Dale Carnegie (2017). “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking”, p.161, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

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Trying, Improving Yourself, Improving

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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

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Gratitude, Character, Self

Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

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Encouragement, Criticism, Ability

Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.220, Simon and Schuster

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Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

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Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.92, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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

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Inspirational, Motivational, Success

"Permission to Play: Taking Time to Renew Your Smile". Book by Jill Murphy Long, 2003.

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People do things for "their" reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

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People, Reason

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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

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Inspirational, Motivational, Communication

Dale Carnegie, Dorothy Carnegie (1977). “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

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Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

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Kindness, May, Valentine's Day

Dale Carnegie (2017). “The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking”, p.153, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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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.

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Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

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Interesting, Want, Good Conversation

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Take charge of your attitude.
Don't let someone else choose it for you.

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Attitude, Taking Charge, My Attitude

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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.

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Inspirational, Best Friend, Cute

Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.

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Mistake, Criticize, Persons

Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."

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Men, Joy, Action

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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.

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Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

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Inspirational, Life, People

Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

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Planning, Hours

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Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it. To someone who has seen a dozen people frown, scowl or turn their faces away, your smile is like the sun breaking through the clouds.

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Motivational, Clouds, People

Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.67, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don't lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.

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Dull Life, Interesting, World

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Born: November 24, 1888
Died: November 1, 1955
Occupation: Writer
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