Jesus summed it up in one thought – probably the most important rule in the world: ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’
Dale Carnegie
One Important Precept
Topic: Virtue, Morality, & Ethics
“Philosophers have been speculating on the rules of human relationships for thousands of years, and there has evolved only one important precept. Zoroaster taught it to his followers in Persia twenty-five hundred years ago. Confucius preached it in China. Lao-tse, the founder of Taoism, taught it to his disciples. Buddha preached it on the bank of the Ganges. The sacred books of Hinduism taught it a thousand years before that. Jesus summed it up in one thought – probably the most important rule in the world: ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’ You want a feeling that you are important in your little world. You don’t want to listen to cheap, insincere flattery, but you do crave sincere appreciation. All of us want that. So let’s obey the golden rule, and give unto others what we would have others give unto us.”
Dale Harbison Carnegie (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People. Simon and Schuster, 1936.
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Dale Harbison Carnegie
Dale Harbison Carnegie (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer, lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, a massive bestseller based on the golden rule [it sold over 15 million copies] that remains popular today. He also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln, entitled Lincoln the Unknown, as well as several other books.
–Dale Carnegie [Wikiquote website].
Additional Dale Carnegie Quotes
“The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don’t like their rules whose would you use?”
–Dale Carnegie [On his book How to Win Friends and Influence People as quoted in Newsweek (8 August 1955); also quoted in Best Quotes of ’54, ’55, ’56 (1957) by James Beasley Simpson] p. 128.
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
–Dale Carnegie [quoted in Permission to Play : Taking Time to Renew Your Smile (2003) by Jill Murphy Long] p. 69.
“Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? “I will speak ill of no man,” he said, “…and speak all the good I know of everybody.” Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. “A great man shows his greatness,” says Carlyle, “by the way he treats little men.””
–Dale Carnegie [How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), Part 1 : Fundamental Techniques in Handling People] p. 36.
“By far the most vital lesson I have ever learned is the importance of what we think. If I knew what you think, I would know what you are. Our thoughts make us what we are.”
–Dale Carnegie [How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948)] p. 5.
“Each time I spoke, I gained a little courage. It took a long while—but today I have more happiness than I ever dreamed possible. In rearing my own children, I have always taught them the lesson I had to learn from such bitter experience: No matter what happens, always be yourself!”
–Dale Carnegie [How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948)] p. 14.
“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”
–Dale Carnegie [How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948)] p. 110.
“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
–Dale Carnegie [How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948). Part 8 : How I Conquered Worry] p. 237.