Dale Carnegie Quotes

When I'm not working on something, I seem to go through periods of depression. It helps to keep busy.

Trust me, I have had my days where I don't feel great about myself. You have those days where you kind of get down. But for the most part, I have been able to stay focused and happy and use my time wisely.

Worry is useless mulling over of things we cannot change. Worry is not concern, which would motivate you to do everything possible in a situation.

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.

Better to be busy than to be busy worrying.

The only thing that weakens worry is work, so I will be working for Marie Corfield

The best antidote to worry, I have always believed, is work and more work.

I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.

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 of sleep.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.

If I'm at home on my own and the writing isn't going well, I clean my house. And there have been times in the past few years when my house has looked really clean.

My secret to a long, healthy life is to always keep working. It keeps me busy and happy and gives me a reason to stay alive.

I am depressed sometimes, but it's not what keeps me at home or focused on work.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

If there is something to worry about, my mind has a tendency to worry about it. That can cut two ways. It can really keep you on the ball, but if you worry about every little thing, it's not a good use of time and energy.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

You feel good if you've done hard work. You sleep better. You get stuck in your head if you have too much time to think.

I'm not disciplined at all. I barely function. But I get a lot done. I take days off all the time, but when I work, I work very fast and very efficiently. But I'm always having days when I'm feeling a little anxious, and I take a day off. I work in a funny way.

Stress and worry, they solve nothing. What they do is block creativity. You are not even able to think about the solutions. Every problem has a solution.

I go as hard as I can when I'm anxiety-free.

If you're unhappy, you can't make anything.

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.