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."

“Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.”

— Dale Carnegie

Life

All Quotes by Dale Carnegie

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

— Dale Carnegie

Courage

“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

“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

“You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.”

— 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

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

— Dale Carnegie

Attitude

“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

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

— Dale Carnegie

Fear

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

— Dale Carnegie

Art

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

— Dale Carnegie

Success

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

— Dale Carnegie

Courage

“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

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

— Dale Carnegie

Work

“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

“The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.”

— Dale Carnegie

Best

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

— Dale Carnegie

Happiness

“Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.”

— Dale Carnegie

Life

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

— Dale Carnegie

Fear

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

— Dale Carnegie

Success

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

— Dale Carnegie

Failure