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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, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“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, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.’ That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“To be interesting, be interested.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“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.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Winning friends begins with friendliness.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“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, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. “To know all is to forgive all.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People

“We are interested in others when they are interested in us.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People

“The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

“Emerson said: “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People

“Control your temper. Remember, you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

“Always avoid the acute angle.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“In a Nutshell - Fundamental Techniques In Handling People • Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain. • Principle 2 - Give honest and sincere appreciation. • Principle 3 - Arouse in the other person an eager want.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People

“Buddha said: ‘Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love,’ and a misunderstanding is never ended by an argument but by tact, diplomacy, conciliation and a sympathetic desire to see the other person’s viewpoint.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

“PRINCIPLE 1 The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. PRINCIPLE 2 Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, “You’re wrong.” PRINCIPLE 3 If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. PRINCIPLE 4 Begin in a friendly way. PRINCIPLE 5 Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately. PRINCIPLE 6 Let the other person do a great deal of the talking. PRINCIPLE 7 Let the other person feel that the idea”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People

“about 15 percent of one’s financial success is due to one’s technical knowledge and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering—to personality and the ability to lead people.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
― Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People

“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, How to Win Friends and Influence People

“In a Nutshell - Six Ways To Make People Like You • Principle 1 - Become genuinely interested in other people. • Principle 2 - Smile. • Principle 3 - Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. • Principle 4 - Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. • Principle 5 - Talk in terms of the other person's interests. • Principle 6 - Make the other person feel important-and do it sincerely.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“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, How to Win Friends and Influence People