"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
"When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity."
"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."
"Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?"
As a pioneer in the field of self-improvement, Dale Carnegie made his mark in the personal development arena by contributing sensible and practical knowledge.
His massive bestseller classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People continues to be as relevant today as it was almost a century ago.
His time-tested principles have continued to help people seeking to better their human relations, including public speaking.
It is from self help books such as How to Win Friends and Influence People that we find some Carnegie inspirational quotes that motivate as well as provoke action.
Carnegie's work is characteristic of self-improvement authors of his time. Simple and concise.
Another of Dale Carnegie classic books, How To Stop Worrying And Start Living is an incredible easy read for anyone wanting to get rid of the futile habit called worry.
It is evident from Dale Carnegie books that he held the basic philosophy of responsibility assumption.