Dale Carnegie

The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

Dale Carnegie

The successful person will profit from their mistakes and try again in a different way.

Dale Carnegie

The world is full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.

Dale Carnegie

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Dale Carnegie

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one’s errors.

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

Those two priceless abilities: first, the ability to think. Second, the ability to do things in the order of their importance.

Dale Carnegie

To change somebody’s behavior, change the level of respect she receives by giving her a fine reputation to live up to. Act as though the trait you are trying to influence is already one of the person’s outstanding characteristics.

Dale Carnegie

To know all is to forgive all.

Dale Carnegie

Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.

Dale Carnegie