Dale Carnegie Quotes

Improvement begins with I.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

Self-reform is the only kind that works.

There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

Change yourself and your work will seem different.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

In our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.

I think that you're only going to get better if you take time to better yourself, not because someone says you should get better.

No one's going to make you work on yourself except you.

I have to continue to be very demanding of myself in order to evolve.

The quote that helped me the most with my life was: It only gets better when you get better. That woke me up.

My supplements are similar to my training - I always commit to being a better version of myself.

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

To help others develop, start with yourself.

Instead of looking for the right person become the right person.

If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself.

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.

I am proactive and looking to change my own behavior rather than others' - which is generally much more successful!

You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills.