Top 300 Dale Carnegie Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.”

— Dale Carnegie

152. “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

153. “Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.”

— Dale Carnegie

154. “There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.”

— Dale Carnegie

155. “Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires.”

— Dale Carnegie

156. “He who treads softly goes far.”

— Dale Carnegie

157. “Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it.”

— Dale Carnegie

158. “Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.”

— Dale Carnegie

159. “People who talk only of themselves think only of themselves.”

— Dale Carnegie

160. “Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.”

— Dale Carnegie

161. “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

162. “Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to reach an intelligent decision on any problem without first getting the facts.”

— Dale Carnegie

163. “Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead log.”

— Dale Carnegie

164. “The man who starts out going nowhere, generally gets there.”

— Dale Carnegie

165. “So, to prevent fatigue and worry, the first rule is: Rest often. Rest before you get tired.”

— Dale Carnegie

166. “Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.”

— Dale Carnegie

167. “Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.”

— Dale Carnegie

168. “Obviously, circumstances alone do not make us happy or unhappy. It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is within you. That is where the kingdom of hell is, too.”

— Dale Carnegie

169. “If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.”

— Dale Carnegie

170. “Learn to love, respect and enjoy other people.”

— Dale Carnegie

171. “Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt.”

— Dale Carnegie

172. “The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.”

— Dale Carnegie

173. “Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.”

— Dale Carnegie

174. “The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.”

— Dale Carnegie

175. “Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a mile of joy on someone’s face.”

— Dale Carnegie

176. “Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking.”

— Dale Carnegie

177. “Today is the only time we can possibly live.”

— Dale Carnegie

178. “If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I’ll tell you what you are.”

— Dale Carnegie

179. “Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.”

— Dale Carnegie

180. “When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.”

— Dale Carnegie

181. “Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one’s mistakes.”

— Dale Carnegie

182. “I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open my mind to the many blessings I possess.”

— Dale Carnegie

183. “The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.”

— Dale Carnegie

184. “The biggest lesson I have learned is the stupendous importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are, for your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our thoughts, we can change our lives.”

— Dale Carnegie

185. “Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.”

— Dale Carnegie

186. “Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.”

— Dale Carnegie

187. “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

188. “You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It’s easy.”

— Dale Carnegie

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

— Dale Carnegie

190. “Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.”

— Dale Carnegie

191. “If you have some idea you believe in, don’t listen to the croaking chorus. Listen only to what your own inner voice tells you.”

— Dale Carnegie

192. “If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget.”

— Dale Carnegie

193. “Get the facts. Let’s not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner.”

— Dale Carnegie

194. “Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer.”

— Dale Carnegie

195. “Merely stating a truth isn’t enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.”

— Dale Carnegie

196. “Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.”

— Dale Carnegie

197. “Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”

— Dale Carnegie

198. “Enthusiasm is that ingredient of vitality mixed with a firm belief in what you are doing that ensures the success of any project you undertake.”

— Dale Carnegie

199. “Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.”

— Dale Carnegie

200. “Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.”

— Dale Carnegie