Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do. Dale Carnegie More Quotes by Dale Carnegie More Quotes From Dale Carnegie Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars...or your two legs...or your hands...or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them. Dale Carnegie eye happiness hands History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners. Dale Carnegie desire inspirational people If you want to know how to make people shun you and laugh at you behind your back and even despise you, here is the recipe: Never listen to anyone for long. Talk incessantly about yourself. If you have an idea while the other person is talking, don't wait for him or her to finish: bust right in and interrupt in the middle of a sentence. Dale Carnegie talking long ideas Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you. Dale Carnegie actions-speak-louder-than-words you-make-me-happy i-like-you There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it. Dale Carnegie leadership teacher inspirational Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation. You and I may soon forger the words of encouragement and appreciation that we utter now, but the person to whom we have spoken them may treasure them and repeat them to themselves over a lifetime Dale Carnegie encouragement appreciation people How often we all have heard speakers begin by calling the attention of the audience to their lack of preparation or lack of ability. If you are not prepared, the audience will probably discover it without your assistance. Dale Carnegie preparation calling attention If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Dale Carnegie half humanity peace Great speakers are not born, they're trained. Dale Carnegie great-speakers speakers born Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires. Dale Carnegie sympathetic desire ideas We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do. Dale Carnegie possibility mindset dream Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer. Dale Carnegie business success funny Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life. Dale Carnegie philosophical men philosophy Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy. Dale Carnegie make-you-happy positive happiness A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there. Dale Carnegie speakers voyages public-speaking Don't you have much more faith in ideas that you discover for yourself than in ideas that are handed to you on a silver platter? Dale Carnegie silver-platter silver ideas Obviously, circumstances alone do not make us happy or unhappy. It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is within you. That is where the kingdom of hell is, too. Dale Carnegie feelings heaven jesus If we rail and kick against it and grow bitter, we won't change the inevitable; but we will change ourselves. I know. I have tried it. I once refused to accept an inevitable situation with which I was confronted. I played the fool and railed against it, and rebelled. I turned my nights into hells of insomnia. I brought upon myself everything I didn't want. Finally, after a year of self-torture, I had to accept what I knew from the outset I couldn't possible alter. Dale Carnegie acceptance insomnia night You can get ahead in the world. But you will have to work, you will have to want tremendously to accomplish something, and then be willing to pay the price. Are you willing? Dale Carnegie pay-the-price want world Seventy per cent of all patients who come to physicians could cure themselves if they got rid of their fears and worries. Dale Carnegie physicians patient worry
