Zitate von Dale Carnegie

„Die Ideen, für die ich stehe, sind nicht meine.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Wirklichen Erfolg werden Sie nur erzielen, wenn Sie das mögen, was Sie tun.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Unsere Gedanken machen uns zu dem, was wir sind.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Sprechen Sie zu den Menschen, über sie selbst, und sie werden Ihnen stundenlang zuhören.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Sie können in zwei Monaten mehr Freunde finden, indem Sie sich für andere Menschen interessieren als in zwei Jahren, indem Sie versuchen, andere Menschen für Sie zu interessieren.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Es ist nicht das, was du hast oder wer du bist oder wo du bist oder was du tust, was dich glücklich oder unglücklich macht. Es ist das, was du darüber denkst.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Entwickeln Erfolg von Fehlern. Entmutigung und Misserfolg sind zwei der sichersten Trittsteine zum Erfolg.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Die Menschen zahlen mehr für Unterhaltung als für Bildung.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Es gibt drei Arten von Reden, die Sie tatsächlich halten werden. Die Rede, die Sie üben, die, die Sie sagen, und die, die Sie sprechen möchten.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„Hab keine Angst vor Feinden, die dich angreifen. Fürchte Freunde, die dir schmeicheln.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„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, buch How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Quelle: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), p. 5

„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

Quelle: How to Win Friends and Influence People

„Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?“

—  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, How to Win Friends and Influence People

Variante: You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years by making them interested in you.
Quelle: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), p. 52 (in 1998 edition)

„Success is getting what you want..
Happiness is wanting what you get.“

—  Dale Carnegie

Variante: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

„Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.“

—  Dale Carnegie

„No matter what happens, always be yourself.“

—  Dale Carnegie, buch How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Quelle: 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

Variante: 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.
Quelle: 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.
Quelle: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
Kontext: 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."