A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
How often we all have heard speakers begin by calling the attention of the audience to their lack of preparation or lack… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
An effective speaker knows that the success or failure of his talk is not for him to decide - it will be… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“Good speakers usually find when they finish that there have been four versions of the speech: the one they delivered, the one… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.” — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“Apply the blacksmith's homely principle when you are speaking. If you feel deeply about your subject you will be able to think of little… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
If you want to know how to make people shun you and laugh at you behind your back and even despise you, here is… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
