Dale Carnegie on Minimalism Quotes

"If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically."

"Shut the iron doors on the past and the future. Live in day-tight compartments."

"Let’s not waste a minute thinking about people we don’t like."

"Let the other person do a great deal of the talking."

"A person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language."

"Every day is a new life to a wise man."

"Action is the best antidote to fear."

"Why lead a life of friction when you can lead a life of peace?"

"Two men looked out from prison bars, one saw the mud, the other saw stars."

"The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to feel important; feed this hunger in others, and you will hold them in the palm of your hand."

"Don't cross your bridges until you come to them."

"Count your blessings—not your troubles!"

"Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone’s face."

"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude."

"Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember 'Life is too short to be little'."

"Make the other person feel important—and do it sincerely."

"If you want to keep happiness, you have to share it."

"Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession."

"Cooperate with the inevitable."

"Ask yourself: What is the worst that can possibly happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst."

"The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it."

"I am more and more convinced of the necessity of living in the present."

"Learning to relax at your work is essential; tension is a habit, but relaxing is also a habit that can be learned."

"Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person."

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living."

"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."

"Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to."

"Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, 'You're wrong.'"

"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."

"Crowd out worry by keeping busy. An active person has no time for skeptics or worry."

"Get the other person saying 'yes, yes' immediately."

"Begin in a friendly way."