Quote

The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.

Dale Carnegie

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Dale Carnegie
Age: 66 †
Born: 1888
Born: November 24
Died: 1955
Died: November 1
Biographer
Motivational Speaker
Psychologist
Teacher
Writer
Maryville
Missouri
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnagey
Dale Harbison Carnegie
Courses
Course
Forget
Conduct
Fear
Decide
Keep
Defeat
Hard
Busy
Work
Follow
Way
Afraid

More quotes by Dale Carnegie

Image
Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.
Dale Carnegie
Image
So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.
Dale Carnegie
Image
If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Take a chance! All life is a chance
Dale Carnegie
Image
One of the most 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.
Dale Carnegie
Image
The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie
Image
We are gods in the chrysalis.
Dale Carnegie
Image
It isn't work that makes you tired, it's your mental attitude.
Dale Carnegie
Image
When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is.
Dale Carnegie
Image
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
Image
Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they don't think so. Don't condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.
Dale Carnegie
Image
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.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.
Dale Carnegie
Image
I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest secrets to true peace of mind -- a decent sense of values. We could annihilate 50 percent of all our worries at once if we would develop a sort of private gold standard -- a gold standard of what things are worth to us in terms of our lives.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Take stock of your fears now and see how many of them are senseless. If you are honest with yourself you will probably find most of them are groundless.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.
Dale Carnegie
Image
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
Dale Carnegie
Image
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Dale Carnegie
Image
The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.
Dale Carnegie