Dale Carnegie Quotes

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

Dale Carnegie

Quotes to Explore

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.

Samuel Butler
- World
- Live
- Fools
Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.

Nancy Kress
- Up
- May
- Character
I write in a small office at home.

Walter Dean Myers
- Home
- Small
- Office
If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.

Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister
- Jump
- Skin
- Wood
There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.

Queen Latifah
- Life
- Up
- Deep
If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?

Zhang Zhidong
- Man
- Learning
- Horse