100+ Inspirational Dale Carnegie Quotes on Leadership, Fear, Public Speaking

Best Dale Carnegie Quotes

Dale Carnegie Quotes on Success: The story of Dale Harbison Carnegie rising from poverty to become one of the best-selling authors of all time seems nothing less than a fairy tale affair. He was born to a farmer’s father and grew up around Bedison, Missouri where he developed his long-lasting relationship with another fabled author Homer Croy. During his youth days, Dale Carnegie developed a strong interest in speeches and became an integral part of the school’s debate team. After completing the colleague, his first job was to sell correspondence courses, and later he also sold soap, lard, and bacon for a company. He also served in the US army during the first world war. In his lifetime, Dale Carnegie conducted so many public speaking and self-confidence boosting events which were well taken by the American people. Out of all his writing work, How to win friends and influence people was a best-seller right from the beginning and 30 million copies have been sold till yet., We have come up with the best Dale Carnegie quotes on love, success, life, and confidence that will help you to develop success, fearlessness, and life-changing skills.

Inspirational Dale Carnegie Quotes

Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you. » Dale Carnegie

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

Success is getting what you want.. Happiness is wanting what you get. » Dale Carnegie

Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied. » Dale Carnegie

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

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. » Dale Carnegie

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so. » Dale Carnegie

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

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Our thoughts make us what we are. » Dale Carnegie

No matter what happens, always be yourself. » Dale Carnegie

Two men looked out from prison bars, One saw the mud, the other saw stars. » Dale Carnegie

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. » Dale Carnegie

One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. » Dale Carnegie

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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 it. » Dale Carnegie

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. » Dale Carnegie

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. » Dale Carnegie

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity. » Dale Carnegie

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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. » Dale Carnegie

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you. » Dale Carnegie

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness. » Dale Carnegie

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don’t want to be. » Dale Carnegie

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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. » Dale Carnegie

You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing » Dale Carnegie

When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. » Dale Carnegie

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst. » Dale Carnegie

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Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. » Dale Carnegie

You can make more friends in two months by being interested in other people than in two years of trying to get people interested in you. » Dale Carnegie

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. » Dale Carnegie

The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want. » Dale Carnegie

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A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still. » 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

Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language. » Dale Carnegie

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy. » Dale Carnegie

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Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think. » Dale Carnegie

Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. » Dale Carnegie

Let’s not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember “Life is too short to be little”. » Dale Carnegie

Nobody is so miserable as he who longs to be somebody and something other than the person he is in body and mind. » Dale Carnegie

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

Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession. » Dale Carnegie

That is what every successful person loves: the game. The chance for self-expression. The chance to prove his or her worth, to excel, to win. » Dale Carnegie

Always have something to say. The man who has something to say and who is known never to speak unless he has, is sure to be listened to. » Dale Carnegie

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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. » Dale Carnegie

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. » Dale Carnegie

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. » Dale Carnegie

By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected. » Dale Carnegie

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When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary.” If there is some point you haven’t thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention. » Dale Carnegie

Once I did bad and that I heard ever. Twice I did good, but that I heard never. » Dale Carnegie

The secret of his success? “I will speak ill of no man,” he said, “. . and speak all the good I know of everybody. » Dale Carnegie

You’ll never achieve real success unless you like what you’re doing. » Dale Carnegie

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

Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind. » Dale Carnegie

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. » Dale Carnegie

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent’s good will. » Dale Carnegie

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If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you. » Dale Carnegie

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. » Dale Carnegie

Life is bigger than processes and overflows and dwarfs them. » Dale Carnegie

Winning friends begins with friendliness. » Dale Carnegie

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By becoming interested in the cause, we are less likely to dislike the effect. » Dale Carnegie

We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today » Dale Carnegie

You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It’s easy » Dale Carnegie

The expression one wears on one’s face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one’s back. » Dale Carnegie

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Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don’t think so. » Dale Carnegie

Control your temper. Remember, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry. » Dale Carnegie

Today is the tommorrow you worried about yesterday. » Dale Carnegie

The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. » Dale Carnegie

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

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself. » Dale Carnegie

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. » 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

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Happiness does not depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude » 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. » Dale Carnegie

When a study was made a few years ago on runaway wives, what do you think was discovered to be the main reason wives ran away? It was “lack of appreciation. » Dale Carnegie

Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. » Dale Carnegie

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That’s why encouragement is a much more effective teaching device than punishment. » Dale Carnegie

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work in the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. » Dale Carnegie

First, arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way. » Dale Carnegie

We are interested in others when they are interested in us. » Dale Carnegie

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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

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

As Lord Chesterfield said to his son: Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so. » Dale Carnegie

If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I’ll tell you what you are. » Dale Carnegie

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For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none; If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it. » Dale Carnegie

Emerson said: “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him. » Dale Carnegie

Always make the other person feel important. » Dale Carnegie

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

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It has been said that nearly all of our worries and unhappiness come from our imagination and not from reality. » Dale Carnegie

People who can put themselves in the place of other people, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for them. » Dale Carnegie

All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory » Dale Carnegie

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself. » Dale Carnegie

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. » Dale Carnegie