Dale Carnegie quotes - page 6

Tell a child, a husband or an employee that he is stupid or dumb at a certain thing, that he has no gift for it, and that he is doing it all wrong and you have destroyed almost every incentive to try to improve. But use the opposite technique, be liberal with encouragement make the thing seem easy to do, let the other person know that you have faith in his ability to do it, that he has an undeveloped flair for it -- and he will practice until the dawn comes in at the window in order to excel. (Dale Carnegie)
For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life. View quote
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Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. View quote
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Believe you will be successful and you will. View quote
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I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess. View quote
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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. View quote
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You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. View quote
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Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out. View quote
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Remember that unjust critisism is often a disquised compliment. View quote
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The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success. View quote
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Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead log. (Dale Carnegie)
The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation. View quote
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Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make. View quote
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You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you. View quote
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One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. View quote
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Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. View quote
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. View quote
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I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument- and that is to avoid it. Avoid it as you would avoid rattlesnakes and earthquakes. View quote
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Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind. View quote
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We are interested in others when they are interested in us. View quote
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Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. (Dale Carnegie)
People will pay more to be entertained than educated. View quote
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. View quote
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it. View quote
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One of the most appalling comments on our present way of life is that half of all the beds in our hospitals are reserved for patients with nervous and mental troubles, patients who have collapsed under the crushing burden of accumulated yesterdays and fearful tomorrows. Yet a vast majority of those people would be walking the streets today, leading happy, useful lives, if they had only heeded the words of Jesus Have no anxiety about the morrow or the words of Sir William Osler Live in day-tight compartments. View quote
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