If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
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

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Dale Carnegie

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.
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.
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

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

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

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
Dale Carnegie

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
Dale Carnegie

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Dale Carnegie

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

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Dale Carnegie

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

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
Dale Carnegie

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

The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
Dale Carnegie

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. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?
Dale Carnegie

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