Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

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American writer and lecturer Dale Carnegie has a gift for language that makes complex ideas feel instantly clear. With equal ease, Dale Carnegie moved between Success and Fear, finding connections others missed. Browse 46 quotes by Dale Carnegie that cover ground from Success, Fear, Happiness, Best, and Work. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."

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“Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”

— Dale Carnegie

Success

All Quotes by Dale Carnegie

“If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

— Dale Carnegie

Fear

“You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.”

— Dale Carnegie

Success

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

— Dale Carnegie

Business

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”

— Dale Carnegie

Nature

“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”

— Dale Carnegie

Best

“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”

— Dale Carnegie

Success

“Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.”

— Dale Carnegie

Time

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

— Dale Carnegie

Happiness

“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .”

— Dale Carnegie

Happiness

“Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.”

— Dale Carnegie

Happiness

“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”

— Dale Carnegie

Fear

“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.”

— Dale Carnegie

Age

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

— Dale Carnegie

Failure

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”

— Dale Carnegie

Fear

“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.”

— Dale Carnegie

Fear

“Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.”

— Dale Carnegie

Attitude

“The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.”

— Dale Carnegie

Art

“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”

— Dale Carnegie

Life

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.”

— Dale Carnegie

Best

“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.”

— Dale Carnegie

Courage