You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.
criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.
A pleasing personality helps you win friends and influence people. Add character to that formula, and keep those friends and maintain that influence.
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness - and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Stop worrying and start living.
Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.
Always make the other person feel important.
Arouse in the other person an eager want.
It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is fro+m among such individuals that all human failures spring.
Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.
(Because being assaulted with maxi pads is a great way to win friends and influence people.)
She didn't smile back. Not even a little. I totally needed to read that book on how to win friends and influence people. But that would involve an innate desire to win friends and influence people.
Isn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book.
I have on my bookshelf a series of books with opposite titles: 'The Alpha Strategy' and the 'Omega Strategy'; 'Asia Rising' and 'Asia Falling'; 'Free to Choose' and 'Free to Lose'; 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' and 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.' Visitors love the collection.
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