Quotes about Understanding
Influence requires more intuition than intellect.
— Dale Carnegie
It was not that I did not love you; it was that I expected too much of youth. I was measuring you by the yardstick of my own years.
— Dale Carnegie
So when you and I are tempted to criticize someone tomorrow, let's remember Al Capone, "Two Gun" Crowley and Albert Fall. Let's realize that criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home. Let's realize that the person we are going to correct and condemn will probably justify himself or herself, and condemn us in return; or, like the gentle Taft, will say: "I don't see how I could have done any differently from what I have.
— Dale Carnegie
En otras palabras: no hay que discutir con el cliente o con el cónyuge o con el adversario. No le diga que se equivoca, no lo haga enojar; utilice un poco de tacto, de diplomacia.
— Dale Carnegie
realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness toward anyone.
— Dale Carnegie
get the other person's point of view and see things from his or her angle, as well as from our own.
— Dale Carnegie
We are not empathetic creatures naturally, so we must work at it.
— Dale Carnegie
PRINCIPLE 3 Talk about your own mistakes before criticising the other person.
— Dale Carnegie
most people will react favorably to your proposals if they feel that you admire them for being honest, unselfish, and fair.
— Dale Carnegie
PRINCIPLE 5 Let the other person save face.
— Dale Carnegie
Seven Rules For Making Your Home Life Happier • Rule 1: Don't nag. • Rule 2: Don't try to make your partner over. • Rule 3: Don't criticize. • Rule 4: Give honest appreciation. • Rule 5: Pay little attentions. • Rule 6: Be courteous. • Rule 7: Read a good book on the sexual side of marriage.
— Dale Carnegie
One of his favourite quotations was 'Judge not, that ye be not judged.
— Dale Carnegie