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
You can't get anywhere in this world without wanting to do something.
There is a reason why the other person thinks and acts as they do. Ferret out that reason - and you have the key to their actions, perhaps to their personality. Try honestly to put yourself in his place.
Your smile is a messenger of your goodwill.
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. Intelligence is like underwear, everyone has it, but you don't have to show it off. The expression a woman wears on her face is more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
Good leaders are scarce; so I'm following myself.
If you increase your success by even a mere 10 percent, you have become 10 percent more effective as a leader than you were before.
How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Monotony reveals our limitations.
A boil on a man's neck is more important to him than 40 floods in India
Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.
Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.
The difference between a grave and a rut are the dimensions.
If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.
Patience and perserverance will accomplish more in this world than a brilliant dash. Remember that when something goes wrong.