Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegie

Full Name: Dale Carnegie (born Dale Harbison Carnagey)
Nationality: American
Profession: Writer, Lecturer, Self-Improvement Coach
Born: November 24, 1888 – Maryville, Missouri, United States
Died: November 1, 1955 – Forest Hills, New York, United States

About Him

Dale Carnegie was a pioneering writer and lecturer in the field of self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. His most famous book, How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), became one of the best-selling self-help books of all time and is still widely read today. Carnegie believed that confidence, empathy, and good communication skills were the keys to both personal and professional success.

Key Contributions

  • Public Speaking & Confidence Training: He developed courses to help people overcome stage fright and become effective speakers.

  • Influential Books: In addition to How to Win Friends and Influence People, he also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), which focused on mental well-being.

  • Lasting Legacy: Carnegie’s work laid the foundation for modern corporate training programs and self-help literature. His teachings continue to inspire leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyday people.

Articles by the author

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

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

Dale Carnegie

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Dale Carnegie

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Dale Carnegie

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

Dale Carnegie

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.

Dale Carnegie

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

Dale Carnegie

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

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

Dale Carnegie

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Dale Carnegie

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

Dale Carnegie

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Dale Carnegie

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Dale Carnegie

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.

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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

Dale Carnegie

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Dale Carnegie

You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.

Dale Carnegie