Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnegiewas an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Lincoln the Unknown, and several other books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 November 1888
CityMaryville, MO
CountryUnited States of America
An argument would have begun to steam and boil and sputter - and you know how arguments end. Even if I had convinced him that he was wrong, his pride would have made it difficult for him to back down and give in.
Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
A barber lathers a man before he shaves him.
Remember that unjust critisism is often a disquised compliment.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates
Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.
People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's going or not realize that moviemaking is the greatest thing to happen to me?
Advertising. The movies do it. TV does it. Why don't you do it?
Let's not imitate others.Let's find ourselves and be ourselves.
Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to reach an intelligent decision on any problem without first getting the facts
Always avoid the acute angle.
Life is bigger than processes and overflows and dwarfs them.
You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.
when the fierce, burning winds blow over our lives-and we cannot prevent them-let us, too, accept the inevitable. And then get busy and pick up the pieces.