Dale Carnegie Quotes

When you really need a soul-stirring lecture on self-improvement, read Dale Carnegie quotes. Dale Carnegie, a prolific writer and lecturer, specialized in motivational speech. His most influential work was How to Win Friends and Influence People. Read Dale Carnegie quotes to know why he was such an authority on public speaking. His words provoke introspection, as they can lift a sagging spirit, and build self-esteem.

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

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

Work
There is only one way to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

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

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

Commitment
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.

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

Life
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Accomplishment
You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

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

Action
An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened."

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

Courage
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.

Improvement
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.

Enthusiasm
Act enthusiastic and you become enthusiastic.

Energy
Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?