When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.
DALE CARNEGIEEveryday is a new life to a wise man.
More Dale Carnegie Quotes
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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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People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.
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Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that you can progress.
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Cash can buy, but it takes enthusiasm to sell.
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If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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If we speak poorly about that which we do well, people will assume we perform poorly!
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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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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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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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The world is filled with interesting things to do. Don’t lead a dull life in such a thrilling world.
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Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don’t think so. Don’t condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
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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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If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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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.
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Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
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Arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.
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Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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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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Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.
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People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.
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Try honest to see things from the other person’s point of view.
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Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.
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Let’s never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let’s do as General Eisenhower does: let’s never waste a minute thinking about people we don’t like.
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You are something new in this world. Never before, since the beginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout all the ages to come will there ever be anybody exactly like you again.
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Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.
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