Quotes about Relationships
Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain.
— Dale Carnegie
Why is that true? Because when our friends excel us, they feel important; but when we excel them, they—or at least some of them—will feel inferior and envious.
— Dale Carnegie
No matter how "important" or successful you are, no one is immune to the pleasure of someone taking interest in you as a person
— Dale Carnegie
PRINCIPLE 4 Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
— 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
We must first remember that today's relational successes are not measured on the scale of media—which ones to use and how many friends, fans, or followers one can accumulate. They are measured on the scale of meaning. Become meaningful in your interactions and the path to success in any endeavor is simpler and far more sustainable. The reason? People notice. People remember. People are moved when their interactions with you always leave them a little better.
— Dale Carnegie
If we know we are going to be rebuked anyhow, isn't it far better to beat the other person to it and do it ourselves
— Dale Carnegie
To win friends and influence others in today's world takes less than clever rhetoric. It takes the understated eloquence of grace and self-deprecation.
— Dale Carnegie
Kaiser into a staunch friend, imagine what humility and praise can do for you and me in our daily
— Dale Carnegie
The law is this: Always make the other person feel important. John Dewey, as we have already noted, said that the desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature; and William James said: "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." As I have already pointed out, it is this urge that differentiates us from the animals. It is this urge that has been responsible for civilization itself.
— Dale Carnegie
PRINCIPLE 3 Talk about your own mistakes before criticising the other person.
— Dale Carnegie
Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else. The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.
— Dale Carnegie