„When life gives you lemons, make lemonade“
Variant: When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade.
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Dale Carnegie
Birthdate: 24. November 1888
Date of death: 1. November 1955
Other names: Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
Dale Carnegie was an American writer and lecturer, and the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People , a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living , Lincoln the Unknown , and several other books.
One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's behavior toward them.
Works
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale CarnegieQuotes Dale Carnegie
„Two men looked out from prison bars,
One saw the mud, the other saw stars.“
— Dale Carnegie, book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
„Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.“
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774)
„Success is getting what you want..
Happiness is wanting what you get.“
Variant: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
„Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.“
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Source: How to Win Friends and 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 and Influence People
Variant: You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years by making them interested in you.
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), p. 52 (in 1998 edition)
„By far the most vital lesson I have ever learned is the importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are. Our thoughts make us what we are.“
— Dale Carnegie, book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), p. 5
„No matter what happens, always be yourself.“
— Dale Carnegie, book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
„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 and Influence People
Variant: 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.
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
„Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.“
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Part 1 : Fundamental Techniques in Handling People, p. 36.
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
Context: Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, "... and speak all the good I know of everybody." Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. "A great man shows his greatness," says Carlyle, "by the way he treats little men."
„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, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Variant: 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.
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
„The ideas I stand for are not mine.“
On his book How to Win Friends and Influence People as quoted in Newsweek (8 August 1955); also quoted in Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56 (1957) by James Beasley Simpson, p. 128.
Context: The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use?
„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.“
As quoted in The Ring of Truth (2004) by Joseph O'Day
„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, book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), p. 110
„Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.“
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
„People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.“
Dale Carnegie, quoted in Permission to Play : Taking Time to Renew Your Smile (2003) by Jill Murphy Long, p. 69
„Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.“
— Dale Carnegie, book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), p. 237. Part 8 : How I Conquered Worry,
„Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.“
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People
