Quotes from Dale Carnegie

Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

If you got it, ask yourself why and try to repeat the action. If you failed, ask yourself why and try to learn from the experience.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.