Dale Carnegie Quotes

• The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

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• The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules, whose would you use?

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

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• Tell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said.

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• Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

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• Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

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• 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.

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• If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

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

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• Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

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• Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.

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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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• Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

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• Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.

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• Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

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• Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

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• Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.

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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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• The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

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• Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

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Dale Carnegie (62)

Birth:	24th November, 1888
Death:	1st November, 1955
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lecturer, Writer

About

Dale Harbison Carnegie was born in Maryville, Missouri. He was an American writer and lecturer. He was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Lincoln the Unknown, and several other books.

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