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 More Quotes by Dale Carnegie More Quotes From Dale Carnegie If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge in a little stinging criticism - no matter how certain we are that it is justified. Dale Carnegie indulge-incriticismmay Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems. Dale Carnegie life-changingtalkingpeople The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there. Dale Carnegie he-manmen Psychiatrists declare that most of our fatigue derives from our mental and emotional attitudes... What kinds of emotional factors tire the sedentary (or sitting) worker? Joy? Contentment? No! Never! Boredom, resentment, a feeling of not being appreciated, a feeling of futility, hurry, anxiety, worry-those are the emotional factors that exhaust the sitting worker, make him susceptible to colds, reduce his output, and send him home with a nervous headache. Yes, we get tired because our emotions produce nervous tensions in the body. Dale Carnegie homeattitudeinspirational The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction. Dale Carnegie shortcutsdistinctionspeak By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected. Dale Carnegie negotiationfightingenough Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said. Dale Carnegie audiencepublic-speakingsaid The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. Dale Carnegie will-and-determinationpersistencesuccess People support a world they helped create. Dale Carnegie supportpeopleworld It was this desire for a feeling of importance that led an uneducated, poverty-stricken grocery clerk to study some law books he found in the bottom of a barrel of household plunder that he had bought for fifty cents. You have probably heard of this grocery clerk. His name was Lincoln. Dale Carnegie lawnamesbook criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment. Dale Carnegie pridecriticismhurt What is the answer to this fatigue? Relax! Relax! Relax! Learn to relax while you are doing your work! Dale Carnegie relaxanswersinspirational I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life? Dale Carnegie encouragingfew-wordslooks Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in. Dale Carnegie yieldanxietypraying I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest secrets to true peace of mind -- a decent sense of values. We could annihilate 50 percent of all our worries at once if we would develop a sort of private gold standard -- a gold standard of what things are worth to us in terms of our lives. Dale Carnegie secretworrybelieve Learn to love, respect and enjoy other people. Dale Carnegie love-respectenjoypeople An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened." Dale Carnegie actionjoymen Take charge of your attitude. Dale Carnegie taking-chargemy-attitudeattitude If you act enthusiastic, you'll be enthusiastic! Dale Carnegie enthusiasticifs The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important. Dale Carnegie changedimportantfeels
