Dale Carnegie Quotes

Never criticize, condemn or complain in a conversation with a customer or prospect.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally I apologize for.

As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.

It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.

The problem with fault-findingIs that he who finds fault with othersIs in no way a happy person Even after he has successfully Accomplished his task.

One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me.

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.

It's terribly important that you can criticise people's ideas without criticising them, and if they burst into tears, it means that you tend to hold back from getting at the absolute truth.

I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.

The most difficult thing to do is to communicate the positive.

When I was a kid, I had a tendency to criticize. But when I did, my mum would whisk me off to the bathroom to stand in front of a mirror. Ten minutes, never less. To think about how criticism is a poor reflection on the one who criticizes.

People are too quick to criticize and condemn. We've got to be more positive.

It can be more productive to help people learn to be 'right' than prove they were 'wrong.'

If someone feels afraid to tell you honest criticism, then you're never going to improve.

Like any organizer worth their salt, I'm open to critique, but I won't be bullied or treated badly. I'm an imperfect human, and as such, I have a proclivity to make mistakes. And while I make mistakes, I am not my mistakes.

I never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere.

Most of the criticism I get is that I am too positive and too hopeful... in my words, I don't beat people down enough.

Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don't like about yourself.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

Move forward and let others do the same. Simple. This is a guiding principle everyone should have.