Quotes from Dale Carnegie

Principle 9 - Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.

When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.

No man was to be eulogized for what he did; or censured for what he did or did not do," because "all of us are the children of conditions, of circumstances, of environment , of education, of acquired habits and of heredity molding men as they are and will forever be.

Speech is silvern, Silence is golden; Speech is human, Silence is divine.

He wanted a feeling of importance; and as long as Mr. Parsons argued with him, he got his feeling of importance by loudly asserting his authority. But as soon as his importance was admitted and the argument stopped and he was permitted to expand his ego, he became a sympathetic and kindly human being.

from Thomas Carlyle that helped him lead a life free from worry: "Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work.

It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your mental attitude.

Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.

Teach me neither to proffer nor receive cheap praise.

A hen has to lay eggs, a cow has to give milk, and a canary has to sing. But a dog makes his living by giving you nothing but love.