Dale Carnegie

“Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.”

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

“Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”

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

“Your smile is a messenger of your good will.”

“We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.”

“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.”

“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.”

“The firstsign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and actgreat. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assuresus, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise.”

“there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .”

“By talking to yourself every hour of the day, you can direct yourself to think thoughts of courage and happiness, thoughts of power and peace. By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for, you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.”

“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.”

“Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.”

“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.”

“A man convinced against his will Is of the same opinion still”

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

“One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”

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

“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”

“Students of public speaking continually ask, "How can I overcomeself-consciousness and the fear that paralyzes me before anaudience?"Did you ever notice in looking from a train window that somehorses feed near the track and never even pause to look up at thethundering cars, while just ahead at the next railroad crossing afarmer's wife will be nervously trying to quiet her scared horse asthe train goes by?How would you cure a horse that is afraid of cars—graze him in aback-woods lot where he would never see steam-engines orautomobiles, or drive or pasture him where he would frequently seethe machines?Apply horse-sense to ridding yourself of self-consciousness andfear: face an audience as frequently as you can, and you will soon stop shying. You can never attainfreedom from stage-fright by reading a treatise. A book may giveyou excellent suggestions on how best to conduct yourself in thewater, but sooner or later you must get wet, perhaps even strangleand be "half scared to death." There are a great many "wetless"bathing suits worn at the seashore, but no one ever learns to swimin them. To plunge is the only way.”