Quote

One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to [his or her] opinion, let [him or her] sustain a feeling of importance.

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
Feelings
Consideration
Another
Importance
Give
Friend
Giving
Influence
Way
Ways
Opinion
Influencing
Feeling
Surest
Making
Sustain

More quotes by Dale Carnegie

Image
Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
Dale Carnegie
Image
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Your smile brightens the lives of all who see it.
Dale Carnegie
Image
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
Image
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Today is the only time we can possibly live.
Dale Carnegie
Image
When you're afraid keep your mind on what you have to do. And if you have been thoroughly prepared you will not be afraid.
Dale Carnegie
Image
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
Image
If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge in a little stinging criticism - no matter how certain we are that it is justified.
Dale Carnegie
Image
So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.
Dale Carnegie
Image
If we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
Dale Carnegie
Image
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.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Try honest to see things from the other person's point of view.
Dale Carnegie
Image
Create happiness for others.
Dale Carnegie
Image
People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.
Dale Carnegie
Image
If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.
Dale Carnegie