GREAT QUOTES FROM - HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE (BY DALE CARNEGIE) - FIRST PART

 

GREAT QUOTES FROM

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE

(BY DALE CARNEGIE)

FIRST PART

 

1. Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him. 

 

2. Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home. 

 

3. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.

 

4. The rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. 

 

5. The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want. 

 

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

 

7. Arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. 

 

8. Every successful person loves the game. The chance to prove his worth, to excel, to win. 

 

9. Success in dealing with people depends on a sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint. 

 

10. Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do. 

 

11. Ask questions instead of giving orders. 

 

12. The average person is more interested in her own name than in all the other names on earth put together. 

 

13. Remember a name and call it easily and you have paid a subtle and very effective compliment. 

 

14. There is only one way to get the best of an argument -- and that is to avoid it. 

 

15. Three-fourths of the people you will meet are hungering for sympathy. Give it to them and they will love you. 

 

16. "People are more likely to accept an order if they had a part in the decision that caused the order to be issued."  

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

20. One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

 

21. To be interesting, be interested. 

 

22. "All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward."  

 

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

 

24. "Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours."  

 

25. "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself."  

 

26. "Criticism is dangerous because it wounds a person’s pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment."  

 

27. "Actions speak louder than words. A smile says, 'I like you. I am glad to see you.'"  

 

28. "You can't win an argument. If you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it."  

 

29. "If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive."  

 

30. "It raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exaltation to admit one's mistakes."  

31. The Greatest aim of Education is not knowledge nut action (Herbert Spencer-quoted by DC)

32. If you want to gather honey, dont kick over the Beehive (Ch.1)

33. No man ever criticizes himself for anything, no matter how wrong he may be

34. Don't criticize them, they are just what we would be under similar circumstances (Lincoln -quoted by DC)

35. Don't complain about the snow on your neighbour's roof, when your Door step is unclean.(Confucius-quoted by DC)

36. When we are dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures brizzling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity

37. Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain-and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving

38. A great man shows his greatness, said Carlyle, by the way he treats little men

39. Dr.Johanson said: "God himself ,sir, does not propose to judge man until the end of his days" why should you and I

40. Dr.Sigmund Freud says -Everything you and I do springs from two motives; the sex urge and the desire to be great.

41. To develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement -says Charles schwab

42. The only way on earth to influence the other fellow is to talk about what he wants and show him how to get it.

43. If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from his angle as well as from your own

44.Owen D Young said : The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the working of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him

45. Remember: First arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.

46. 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

47. Alfred Adler says : It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.

48. If we want to make friends, let's put ourselves out to do things for other people-things that require time, energy, unselfishness and thoughtfulness

50. If you want people to like you, Rule.1 is : BECOME GENUINELY INTERESTED IN OTHER PEOPLE. Rule.2 is SMILE

51. A Smile says, I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you

52. Nothing is good or bad, said Shakespeare, but thinking makes it so

53. Abraham Lincoln said, most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

54. Emerson said - Good manners are made up of Petty sacrifices

55. Be a Good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

(TO BE CONTINUED)