Dale Carnegie Quotes

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

Attitudes are capable of making the same experience either pleasant or painful.

The capacity to be either happy or unhappy is determined by the manner in which you react to whatever happens.

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference.

It is our response to our circumstances rather than the degree of difficulty that determines whether or not we are discontent

Whatever the attitude, so is the response.

No one makes you feel anything. It is how you react and respond that determines your emotions.

I don't have regrets because they are negative.

I do have moments when I feel insecure. I do have moments when I feel jealous, and that's normal. It's a very normal emotion. It's your action and your attitude and your reaction to that that is important.

The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel.

It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

I didn't get upset because I wasn't nominated, but I was a little surprised.

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it.

When things don't go our way, we get to choose how we will respond. We get to choose our perspective. Will you focus on what you didn't get, or what you did get?

Action is the right outlet of emotion.

I don't feed into negativity. I thankfully don't. That's just me.

Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.

How you feel is not the result of what is happening in your life-it is your interpretation of what is happening.

Bad things happen everyday but you're not going to be any happier thinking about them. So I don't think about them.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us.