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If there is one word which characterizes our world in this exciting last half of the twentieth century, the word is change. Change in political life change in economic life change is social life change in personal life. Change is the hallmark of our times. Its not gradual, comfortable change. It is sudden, rapid, often violent. It touches and often disrupts whole cultures and hundreds of millions of people. Behind it all lies an explosive growth in scientific knowledge and accomplishment. Some 90 per cent of all the scientists who ever lived are living today and the total accumulation of scientific knowledge is doubling every ten years. But this is reality. If we remember that, then we will never flinch at change. We will adjust to it, welcome it, meet it as a friend and know it as Gods will. Eric Johnson		Friday Jan 23, 2026
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About Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (originally Carnagey until 1919) (November 24, 1888 - November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln, titled Lincoln the Unknown , as well as several other books.

Carnegie was an early proponent of what is now called responsibility assumption, although this only appears minutely in his written work. One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's reaction to them.

Popular Dale Breckenridge Carnegie Quotes

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

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feeling.

Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead log.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it ... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

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

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

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

If you are not engaged in being the person you want to be you are automatically engaged in being the person you dont want to be. .

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious because the obvious is what people need to be told.

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

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then prepare to improve on the worst.

The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit from your loses. That requires intelligence, and makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool.

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

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.

There is only one way ... to get anybody to do anything.... And that is by making the other person want to do it.

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

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 horizoninstead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

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

You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

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?

How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most do.

You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.

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

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.

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