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 help at all.

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

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

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

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

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

It’s absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.

Accountability breeds responsibility.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

The world moves along at such a fast clip that we have little patience when things are slow, whether it’s the line at a supermarket or Internet access. We’ve become intolerant of those things that cannot be accelerated or skipped entirely. I can’t speed up the foundation work for a building, nor can I expect to play piano like Glenn Gould just because I want to.

Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.

Business is there if you go after it.

I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.

When people are in a focused state, the words I can’t,I’ll try,I’ll do it tomorrow,and maybeget forced out of their vocabularies.

I’m really clear about what my life mission is now. There’s no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I’ve returned to the athlete I once was. I’m integrating all the parts of me – jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher – and becoming stronger as a result.

There will be times when your best isn’t your good enough. There can be many reasons for this, but as long as you give your best you’ll be OK.

An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves.