Dale Carnegie Quotes

Dale Carnegie was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, a massive bestseller that remains popular today.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

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.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

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

It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about

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

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

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.

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