30 Powerful Dale Carnegie Quotes To Influence People

Dale Carnegie is a pioneer of self-help. He was an influencing author, public speaker, and self-development guru. He is an author of all time best-seller self-help book entitles How To Win Friends and Influence People. He was a teacher of public speaking and personal development. He, later on, founded his own institute which helps people to overcome stress, building self-confidence, and other self-help services. Here are the 30 most powerful Dale Carnegie quotes that will help you to win friends and influence people.

30 Powerful Dale Carnegie Quotes To Win Friends And Influence People

“ You can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.

“ I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it.

“ Even god doesn’t propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?

“ Two men looked out from prison bars, one saw the mud, the other saw stars.

“ Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.

“ All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.

“ If you want to keep happiness, you have to share it.

“ Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

“ Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

“ Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurt his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

“ Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

“ If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.

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

“ Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

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

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

“ You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

“ Remember happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.

“ If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

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“ There is only one excuse for a speaker’s asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.

“ Practise, practice, PRACTISE in speaking before an audience will tend to remove all fear of audiences, just as practice in swimming will lead to confidence and facility in the water. You must learn to speak by speaking.

“ Observe Nature, study her laws, and obey them in your speaking.

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

“ Live an active life among people who are doing worthwhile things, keep eyes and ears and mind and heart open to absorb truth, and then tell of the things you know, as if you know them. The world will listen, for the world loves nothing so much as real life.

“ Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice.

“ If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.

“ You’ll never achieve real success unless you like what you’re doing.