Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness. Dale Carnegie More Quotes by Dale Carnegie More Quotes From Dale Carnegie This is the only chance you will ever have on earth with this exciting adventure called life. So why not plan it, and try to live it as richly, as happily as possible? Dale Carnegie why-not trying adventure Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date. Dale Carnegie leadership happiness jobs We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars. Dale Carnegie friends thankful thank-you 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. Dale Carnegie hurt people thinking George Bernard Shaw was right. He summed it all up when he said: "The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not." So don't bother to think about it! Spit on your hands and get busy. Your blood will start circulating; your mind will start ticking-and pretty soon this whole positive upsurge of life in your body will drive worry from your mind. Get busy. Keep busy. It's the cheapest kind of medicine there is on this earth-and one of the best. Dale Carnegie inspirational blood thinking Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you. Dale Carnegie love-you giving people Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. Dale Carnegie not-giving-up fear success if you want to keep happiness , you have to share it ! Dale Carnegie true-happiness want happy Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I? Dale Carnegie lasts judging men Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do. Dale Carnegie actions-speak-louder-than-words men people Let's fight for our happiness by following a daily program of cheerful and constructive thinking. Dale Carnegie fighting motivational thinking Practice, practice, practice in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking. Dale Carnegie swimming practice water Don't ask a man what is important to him. Watch how he spends his time Dale Carnegie important men watches The words "Think and Thank" are inscribed in many of the Cromwellian churches of England. These words ought to be inscribed in our hearts, too: "Think and Thank". Think of all we have to be grateful for, and thank God for all our boons and bounties. Dale Carnegie grateful heart thinking Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face. Dale Carnegie helping-others faces joy Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. Dale Carnegie horse hard-times happiness One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. Dale Carnegie procrastination garden life The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid. Dale Carnegie defeat busy way I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine. Dale Carnegie thinking-about-you caring inspirational 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. Dale Carnegie motivational inspirational friendship
