When Theodore Roosevelt was in the White House, he confessed that if he could be right 75 percent of the time, he would reach the highest measure of his expectation. . . . If that was the highest rating that one of the most distinguished men of the twentieth century could hope to obtain, what about you and me?
Dale CarnegieHistory has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.
Dale CarnegieAll the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.
Dale CarnegieThe chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listenerโ a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.
Dale CarnegieYou and I are standing this very second at the meeting place of two eternities: the vast past that has endured forever, and the future that is plunging on to the last syllable of recorded time. We can't possible live in either of those eternities - no, not even for a split second. But, by trying to do so, we can wreck both our bodies and our minds. So let's be content to live the only time we can possible live: from now until bedtime.
Dale Carnegie