If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic. Dale Carnegie More Quotes by Dale Carnegie More Quotes From Dale Carnegie Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Dale Carnegie honestpraiseappreciation I once succumbed to the fad of fasting and went for six days and nights without eating. It wasn't difficult. I was less hungry at the end of the sixth day than I was at the end of the second. Yet I know, as you know, people who would think they had committed a crime if they let their families or employees go for six days without food; but they will let them go for six days, and six weeks, and sometimes sixty years without giving them the hearty appreciation that they crave almost as much as they crave food. Dale Carnegie heartappreciationnight If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity. Dale Carnegie appreciationgivingpeople Make a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you've paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he, to some extent, likes you. Dale Carnegie laughingmenway To be interesting, be interested. Dale Carnegie interesting There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. Dale Carnegie degreeserrorssatisfaction Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to. Dale Carnegie finereputationgiving If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Dale Carnegie sellingbeliefbelieve Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Dale Carnegie goalmindmoving Talk in terms of the other person's interests. Dale Carnegie interesttermpersons I've found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess. Dale Carnegie irritationblessingair You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. Dale Carnegie argumentregretwinning Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving. Dale Carnegie improvementpraiseinspire Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. Dale Carnegie donewrestlingworld He who treads softly goes far. Dale Carnegie Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Dale Carnegie directgivingorder Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint. Dale Carnegie sympatheticviewpointspeople Let's not imitate others.Let's find ourselves and be ourselves. Dale Carnegie Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie successinspiringmotivational Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, "How can I make this person want to do it? Dale Carnegie tomorrowwantmay
